What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage.
Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.
What thou lovest well remains,
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.
Science not only purifies the religious impulse of the dross of its anthropomorphism but also contributes to a religious spiritualization of our understanding of life.
My love admits no qualifying dross
A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.