Refined Quotes
Sainthood's piety is made, refined, perfected, by prayer. The gospel moves with slow and timid pace when the saints are not at their prayers early and late and long.
The transcendental point of view, the habit of thought bred by communion with earth and sky, had refined the grain while it had roughened the husk.
The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous!
Someone else would come, another self that was a little more refined, that had a little more purity, a little more humility, because I was quite egotistical, I thought I was quite wonderful.
Will is developed in meditation. It is refined. It is within you, but you don't know how to get to it.
Enlightenment simply means that you've gotten above the body-mind complex. You've refined the self, dissolved it in the white light of eternity and gone through all the gradient shifts.
The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more refined, the school.
A refined soul is distressed to know that someone owes it thanks; a crude soul, to know that it owes someone thanks.
Nine times out of ten it is the coarse word that condemns an evil, and the refined word that excuses it.
Overall, vampires are a much more refined people; vampinese are much more barbarian and monstrous.
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.
I had TB as a child. So I was put to doing things like drawing and reading. And I was raised in a family where manners were important. Maybe that's why I seem so refined.
There is nothing more difficult than simplicity, and therefore, nothing more refined.
You're looking good today Bret. Very hot... hotter than Jemaine. You have a refined bone structure, while Jemaine's facial features are too deep set to be classically handsome.
Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities.
I have never been able to understand why pigeon-shooting at Hurlingham should be refined and polite, while a rat-killing match in Whitechapel is low.
A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations
I don't really need new stuff anyway. I like to make big stuff, and it's too expensive to travel with. So I have my refined set that works well, and I'm pretty much set with that.
Every day, strive to refine your contagious shine, and shake the nonsense offered by those who lack the will to polish-up from within.
The fires of refinement come with a cost, but also with a promise. His grace has been extended forth to you for restoration, confirmation, strengthening, and being established in Him.