"Even the means of doing actions should be pure"

"It is true that we are not bound and that the real Self has no bondage. It is true that you will eventually go back to your Source.

But meanwhile, if you commit sins, as you call them, you will have to face the consequences of such sins.... Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action...

Therefore even the means of doing actions should be pure.... What is the use of merely saying with your lips, 'I am free'?"

- Ramana Maharshi