Sentence examples for Purity of heart from inspiring English sources

Purity of heart, therefore, is more important than bodily purity.

Purity of heart would be to see clearly what has blocked that vision and to act with grace and self-command toward the general good.

"Purity of heart, if one could attain it, would be to see clearly and to act with grace and self-command from this point of view," says the last sentence of "A Theory of Justice," published in 1971.

Purity of heart is suggested as the necessary quality needed to accomplish this task; common Catholic prayers and hymns include a request for this virtue.

People now want purity of heart and honesty of action.

Not even Iago had that purity of heart.

Consequently, the dove is the most cited animal within the Holy Scriptures (it is cited nearly 50 times) and illustrates Christian virtues, such as purity, simplicity of heart and soul, gentleness, and chastity (Voisenet 2000).

He may sin, lose the purity of his heart, and expose himself, as a practical agent, to blame; but he must have a keen sense of purity and impurity, righteousness and sin, good and evil.

In most mythologies and folklores, the feather is associated with the purity of the heart and soul.

Marie-Laure's struggle for survival is captivating, but her journey is more external than Werner's — we are never forced to doubt the purity of her heart.

Davies's countertenor was simply outstanding: the voice impeccably used, the purity of tone heart-stoppingly beautiful.