The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict read more

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
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Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.