"Of a truth, my daughter, without purity no one can ever see God; nor can any hope to dwell in His tabernacle except he lead an uncorrupt life; and our Blessed Lord Himself has promised the special blessing of beholding Him to those that are pure in heart." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction [...]
"By purity, by increasing and guarding it, you will practice all the virtues, and you will become perfect adorers. If your conscience is pure, your service will be pure and worthy of the good God. You would be ashamed to come to adore Our Lord with a sullied heart, and to place Him on a [...]
"Purity is the lily among virtues – by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity is chastity. We speak of the chaste as honest, and of the loss of purity as dishonor; purity is an intact thing, its converse is corruption." Source: St. Francis de Sales, [...]
"True devotion to our Lady is holy, that is, it leads us to avoid sin and to imitate the virtues of Mary. Her ten principal virtues are: deep humility, lively faith, blind obedience, unceasing prayer, constant self-denial, surpassing purity, ardent love, heroic patience, angelic kindness, and heavenly wisdom." Source: St. Louis de Montfort, True [...]