I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. Marcel Duchamp
There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter. Joseph Smith
In the light of fuller day, Of purer science, holier laws. Charles Kingsley
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children. Thornton Wilder
Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Smoke in your own country is purer than fire in a foreign land. Lithuanian Proverb