Sentences with phrase «deep seriousness»

With a passion touched by poignancy, Elshtain offers this concluding reflection: «The task of the democratic political imagination is possible if civility is not utterly destroyed, if room remains for playful experimentation from deep seriousness of purpose free from totalistic intrusion and ideological control.

But if they are taken in connection with the sayings of Jesus — irrespective of whether they were really spoken by him or were brought into this context by the church — they do not acquire a different meaning, but they are counterbalanced by other sayings in which the reality of man's life is discerned with a deeper seriousness.

This spirit of romp exists in tension with a deeper seriousness, just as an odd solemnity is noticeable when children are at play.

He sits among them on a temporary seat, «so that, despite the deep seriousness of his leadership, the picture presented was one of an uncomplicated and familiar comradeship., The Seer uses the spiritual power of his disciples as a magic force to hasten the coming of redemption, while the Yehudi helps his disciples find the path that «they seek to pursue of themselves and for their own sake.»

Second, the Education Secretary's impatience is another sign of the deep seriousness of purpose that Tim Montgomerie applauds in today's Mail.

In a tone of deep seriousness that sounds practically professorial, scifi author Neal Stephenson shared some grave thoughts a couple of months ago about science fiction actors.

Sachs lives, manages his studio, and creates art with a playful subversion and punk - rock aesthetic married to a deep seriousness of intention and unwavering philosophy toward art and production.

A.R. Penck's primal, reductive imagery and improvisatory execution mask the deep seriousness of his investigations.