Definition of Pure

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Definition of Pure

Pure

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.

Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.

Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.

Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.

Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

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Pure Quotations

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Buddha

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Buddha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
Buddha

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Albert Einstein

Power is not alluring to pure minds.
Thomas Jefferson

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Mohandas Gandhi

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
Pablo Picasso

Pure Translations

pure in Afrikaans is skoon, suiwer
pure in Danish is ren
pure in Dutch is zindelijk, puur, helder, rein, schoon
pure in Finnish is puhdas
pure in French is pur, pudique
pure in Hungarian is tiszta
pure in Italian is pulito, pudico
pure in Latin is incorruptus, incontaminatus, purus, putus
pure in Norwegian is ren
pure in Portuguese is puro
pure in Spanish is puro, mondo, limpio, casto
pure in Swedish is ren, oblandad, idel

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