Purity

Purity

Purity is the absence of impurity or contaminants in a substance. The term also applies to the absence of vice in human character.

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Famous quotes containing the word purity:

    Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    I know the purity of pure despair,
    My shadow pinned against a sweating wall.
    Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)