Sentence examples for original purity from inspiring English sources

"There is a sense of loss, a loss of that original purity," Yaron Ezrahi, the political theorist, said.

Islamists, who claim to want to restore the original purity of early Islam, make excessive use of pictures.

One poster said, "It is the function of the calligrapher to revive and restore the craft of the printer to its original purity".

The worst betrayal of all was to pretend in Rio that 20 years later we still shared that original purity of vision and sense of wonder.

By 1917 Ozenfant was disillusioned with Cubism, feeling that it had sacrificed its original purity and rigour and had become a mere decorative vehicle.

As early as ah 200, belief emerged in another messianic figure, the mujaddid (a divinely inspired reformer who was to restore the Islamic community to its original purity).

James Bopp Jr., a committee member from Indiana who proposed the original so-called "purity resolution," said on Thursday that he would offer both resolutions to the national committee when it met in Honolulu at the end of the month.

The original so-called purity resolution set off intense opposition from Republican leaders who feared it would complicate efforts to recruit candidates for elective office, and would damage the party's image at a time when it was trying to expand its appeal.

The original brightness and purity of the mind, which lies hidden beneath the clouds of defiling passion, is also frequently expressed in Mahāyāna texts with the analogy of a mirror that is able to spontaneously reflect the world without egoistic discriminations.

I felt a rush knowing that my soul would be restored to its original state of purity.

"I'm exploring the way that art can lose its original intent and purity and become merely decorative," Adelsberger says.