Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism."
Purification quotes
Purification
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes."
Epictetus
Philosopher
"The soul's impurity consists in bad judgements, and purification consists in producing in it right judgements, and the pure soul is one which has right judgements, for this alone is proof against confusion and pollution in its functions."
Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"All these disciplines are for the purification of the heart. And as soon as it is pure, all truths flash upon it in a minute; all truth in the universe will manifest in your heart, if you are sufficiently pure."
Henri Nouwen
Theologian, Author
"Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves."
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"I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability."
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"By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified."
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"To a pure heart all hearts are pure."
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"And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well/ By the purification of the motive/ In the ground of our beseeching"
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"A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied."
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"Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious."
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"The primary object of non-co-operation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification."
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"Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings."
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"Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity."
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"The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves."
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