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Cleanliness Quotes

�A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste.�
Sri Sathya Sai Baba

�Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination.�
Sri Sathya Sai Baba

"There is a strange glow on the face of a guileless person. Inner cleanliness has its own soap and water - the soap of strong faith and the water of constant practice.�
Sri Sathya Sai Baba

�Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person.�
Mohandas Gandhi

�Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.�
Christopher Morley

�One, who maintains cleanliness keeps away diseases.�
Sam Veda

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Cleanliness Definition: Careful to keep clean : fastidious, habitually kept clean.

Etymology of 'Cleanliness'
Old English cl�nlic "morally pure, innocent," from cl�ne. Clean: "free from dirt or filth; pure, chaste, innocent; open, in the open," of beasts, "ritually safe to eat," from West Germanic *klainoz "clear, pure" (cf. Old Saxon kleni "dainty, delicate," Old Frisian klene "small," Old High German kleini "delicate, fine, small," German klein "small;" English preserves the original Germanic sense), from PIE root *gel- "bright, gleaming" (cf. Greek glene "eyeball," Old Irish gel "bright").

Positive Suggestions:
"Awaken your natural Cleanliness"
"Perfect Cleanliness is within you"
"Allow yourself to feel Clean now"
"Accept Cleanliness"
"Trust in your Cleanliness"

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