Lobsang Tenzin

I do not think any religion encourages intolerance. Intolerance is the biggest mental defilement, and every religion tries to remove this defilement. So we must understand that whenever there is intolerance, this comes from an irreligious mind. It is not created by religion, and it is not in the mind of the religious person.

Tibetan Leader

Orison Swett Marden

The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.

American Writer

Isoroku Yamamoto

Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy plane being shot down. It provides a regrettably graphic illustration of the saying that a bungling attack is better than the most skillful defense.

Japanese Admiral

Cindy Sheehan

I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country.

American Activist

J. G. Ballard

There are some people, who place enormous value on their home and feel that it defines them, that a stain on the carpet is a personal defilement. There are others, and I think I am one of them, who are entirely indifferent to where they live.

British Author

Robert South

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

English Clergyman

Henry Villard

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations.

American Journalist

Simone Weil

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

French Philosopher

William Golding

What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

English Novelist

William Blake

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

English Poet

Using 'defile' suggests a strong moral judgment about the action.

Moral Implications

'Defile' indicates an action that seriously harms purity or cleanliness.

Gravity of Action

While often physical, 'defile' can refer to intangible things like honor or air quality.

Not Physical Only

'Defile' indicates a lack of respect towards something valued or revered.

Respect Aspect

'Defile' is often used when religious or hallowed grounds are violated.

Sacred Contexts

Using 'defile' can emotionally charge a statement, suggesting deep offense.

Connotative Strength

As a noun, 'defile' describes geographical features, not actions of desecration.

Geographical Term

In history, defiles have been important in military strategies due to their difficulty to traverse.

Strategic Importance

'Defile' as a noun specifically refers to the terrain's characteristics, not its broader environment.

Physical Feature Focus

 a place that doesn't have any natural resources. So I'd like you to image a mining industry in a way that one hasn't existed before; imagine a mining industry that doesn't mean defiling the Earth; imagine bacteria helping us do this by accumulating and precipitating

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 yelling and screaming telling everyone to get out he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck he says what have you done you've shamed the family you have dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these

An inside look at...

 Touching the body would defile his spirit, draining his life force and leaving him forsaken by the kami. But as he listened to her cries, his sympathy soared. And so, they buried the old woman together,

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 can get stuck here to death elephants do get stuck and they can absolutely die in mud they can get stuck in these defiles I don't think that this elephants in any

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Moral Implications

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