It belongs to
the deep wisdom of Islam that all events, even the most apparently random, occur at the behest of God.
Not exact matches
But as
Deep Work author Cal Newport pointed out when he highlighted the letter on his blog recently, this austere schedule actually contains some essential
wisdom that many
of us miss out on these days.
«But our elders are the embodiment
of the
wisdom that life matters at a much
deeper level than what we can achieve and produce.»
The
deep wisdom at the heart
of the «insha Allah» is that we have little control over events, and still less direct and designed impact on the ideas and practices
of others.
Socrates believed that we all carried our own
wisdom deep within and that it just needed to be coaxed out, usually with a series
of questions.
Consistent with that attitude's
deepest wisdom, our intellectuals, even
of the left - wing, are often employed in «our institutions
of higher learning and are permitted relatively free expression because we know that they are really no threat to us.
Using his
wisdom and powers
of discernment, Tyranowski was able to lead many young people into a
deeper relationship with Christ.
No one has mentored me quite like Sally Clarkson, who has poured tea for me, and poured life into me, from a
deep well
of wisdom and a well - lived life.
But the glint in those eyes as he read, as he paused, as he gathered us into his words and his voice, into his very seeing and saying
of the world he saw and spoke, that glint betrayed a
wisdom and a knowing that came from the country and the land as much as from his
deep and wide learning.
The
wisdom, wit, and unfaltering Christian commitment
of these two giants
of the faith guided the ECT project through some
deep waters and dangerous shoals.
The Catholic Christian Church requires itself a principle
of cosmic unity that will bind in one whole all
wisdom natural and revealed; a principle which will give to Christianity a grandeur and a truth that will far outshine its rivals, and give to man with its
deeper truth, the humility, charity and promise ofmercy that comes only
of subjection to God, a subjection for which the heart
of man cries out.
In a short meditation Lincoln revealed a
deep insight into the Christian notion
of the will
of God, an understanding that enabled him to act with a breadth
of wisdom in political matters unparalleled in American history.
She became for me the perfect image
of the
deep indwelling truth
of creation, the divine
Wisdom or Sophia who resides in the very heart
of the world, the stainless image
of God, the unfallen.
We have centuries
of deep irony where god - speculators («theologians») decry, label and try to minimalize speculators & lovers
of wisdom («philosophers»: lovers
of Sophia).
The sutra is inexhaustibly rich with
deep and fine similes which express this anxious love.10 The
wisdom of the Tathagata is so high, his knowledge is so
deep, that to the man who is blind, erring, and engrossed in the world it must seem to be absolutely incomprehensible.11 However — and what Mahayana shows to us is the highest reconciliation between God and man — this compassionate love turns to each man with the appropriate means and in unique ways in order to show him that he too has within himself the potential not only
of ending his own suffering but also
of one day being himself transformed from one saved to a savior, a Tathagata.
I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most
of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all
of the white space
of an uncluttered life and glorious heights
of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy,
wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good
deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest
of lives too, as a sacrament
of and blessing for the ordinary things.
Maybe you have more willpower and
wisdom than I do, but I can't imagine sorting through the
deep complexities
of your pain without help.
Before there were
deeps and their fountains, before the mountains were sunk into their places, before the earth and its fields existed,
wisdom was present to assist in fixing the heavens and in tracing the great circle of the farthest horizon,... Wisdom was to Yahweh an intimate friend, as well as agent and overseer in all this work, finding delight in the creation of all thi
wisdom was present to assist in fixing the heavens and in tracing the great circle
of the farthest horizon,...
Wisdom was to Yahweh an intimate friend, as well as agent and overseer in all this work, finding delight in the creation of all thi
Wisdom was to Yahweh an intimate friend, as well as agent and overseer in all this work, finding delight in the creation
of all things...
To say with such conviction that no Democrat will enter Heaven... based on YOUR interpretation
of what God's holy nature is... based on a Book (no matter how much instruction and
wisdom it may provide... without, it seems to me, using your own intellect to delve
deeper into the whole
of it... is in my opinion the sign
of a Believer with a Giant Sequoia in his eye and teaching with his finger.
That was in the early»70s, when with long hair, bobbles, bangles and beads and a gleam
of communitarian utopianism in my eyes, I finally found my way into the fourth century treatise by Nemesius, peri phuseos anthropon («On the Nature
of the Human»), where it at length dawned on me that ancient
wisdom could be the basis for a
deeper critique
of modern narcissistic individualism than I had yet seen.
(8) There is a
deep trust in gestalt therapy in «the
wisdom of the organism.»
Perhaps the pivotal point
of relation between higher learning and religion lies somewhere between the
deepest human sense
of the limits
of our knowing and the cultivation, in the midst
of such chastening
wisdom,
of the spiritual virtue
of hope.
I speak with no
wisdom beyond the experiences
of my life as they have interacted with my upbringing, my education, and my
deepest commitments.
Imagine a world in which the
deepest wisdom and values
of the great spiritual traditions touch the critical questions
of the age, and in which religious communities are in
deep and thoughtful dialogue with experts on all those critical questions.35
Of course he confesses from the start that these great topics belong to the unsearchable thoughts of God, and therefore he exclaims with the Apostle: «How rich and deep are the wisdom and knowledge of Go
Of course he confesses from the start that these great topics belong to the unsearchable thoughts
of God, and therefore he exclaims with the Apostle: «How rich and deep are the wisdom and knowledge of Go
of God, and therefore he exclaims with the Apostle: «How rich and
deep are the
wisdom and knowledge
of Go
of God!
The fear
of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, Proverbs tells us, but Tolstoy reaches past the beginning
of wisdom to its end: The
deepest and most revolutionary Tolstoyan teaching is «that there is nothing frightening in the world.»
So the thrust
of my remarks was lost by focusing upon Newman rather than on the positive point, which envisions a Christian university open to a
deeper sense
of wisdom than Newman's.
Each little discovery a marvel to those who found it while the world awaits the
deeper and more profound discoveries
of wisdom.
I have gained a lot
of wisdom and
deeper insight into things with this mentality.
Does the grace
of Christ heal these native capacities, directing them toward a
deeper Christocentric
wisdom?
I am also confident that when issues are probed at this
deep level, the religious questions will be prominent, and Christians will be able to bring the
wisdom of our tradition to bear upon them.
[6] The evangelist, says Pope Benedict, «came to a
deep certainty: Jesus is the
Wisdom of God incarnate, he is his eternal Word who became a mortal man.»
«Rather than a rant against the Bible, readers will quickly see that Evans has found some
deep source
of wisdom in this process, and the big lesson learned is applicable to everyone: Taking the Bible seriously does not mean «do what it says.»
I found
deep wisdom (and errors) in all
of the Great Religious Traditions; but nowhere did I find as great an affirmation
of the human person as the Judeo - Christian Tradition and especially in Christian mystery
of the Incarnation.
Understanding those paths, as well as taking the wraps off our own Judeo - Christian tradition, has provided rich resources that can help a person go to the depths — through the conscious mind, through the world
of feelings, through the unconscious to
deep wisdom and inner knowing.
He answers the
deepest yearnings
of the prophets for justice and righteousness before God by his own life and teaching, and he makes ever present in himself the future longings
of Psalmist and
Wisdom writer for human wholeness and integrity
of life.
Immediately Jesus ushers this seeker into a realm
of wisdom that is more complex,
deep and rich than anything Nicodemus has known.
And the fact is that even within Orthodoxy there are sharp and
deep disagreements about the
wisdom of these efforts,
of which only Lubavitch's really represents a desire to increase government involvement with religion.
While her words were simple, and may not seem anything out
of the norm, the
wisdom behind them is
deep and appealed to those who don't want to live an ordinary, normal life.
Interactive sessions delve
deep into topics that are on the minds
of restaurant leaders today, and the Summit's format allows the collective
wisdom «in the room» to be distilled into concrete, actionable ideas that attendees take home with them.
But
Deep in the delusional thoughts, Lies the
wisdom of truth!
Conventional
wisdom would have it that Mourinho left behind a group
of his most trusted lieutenants embedded
deep within Chelsea, tasked with one mission alone — to keep the Mourinho method the de facto way
of doing things and passive - aggressively wreck the ambitions
of any new manager seeking to do away with the old.
If you are looking for a
deep, philosophical football book, «Squeaky Bum Time: The Wit &
Wisdom of Sir Alex Ferguson» compiled by Guardian journalist Daniel Taylor is not for you.
One by one, they revealed a
deep understanding
of motherhood and
of their infants, often using folk
wisdom that had been handed down to them.
«Ever since Plato's time, a true academy has been a place where learning and teaching are treated as an art and
wisdom is understood to be the
deeper purpose
of knowledge.»
With
deep compassion, lively humor and sensible
wisdom, Ms. Geltman lays out simple strategies for turning around entrenched parent / child dynamics, for diffusing potentially dangerous situations or for helping parents help their child navigate the landmines
of high school responsibilities, freedoms, triumphs and disappointments.
Though raising a child always has been a pursuit akin to walking a high wire stretched across the Grand Canyon in a
deep fog while balancing two bags
of groceries, women through much
of this century have been blessed with scores
of publications dispensing advice and
wisdom and theory on raising children.
«Repugnance is the emotional expression
of deep wisdom, beyond reason's power to fully articulate it,» he wrote in his 2002 book Life, Liberty and the Defense
of Dignity.
«Given the
deep fiscal constraints in the United States and much
of Europe and the enormous challenges universities in less economically developed countries face in attaining «world class» status, one questions the
wisdom of investments in forms
of competition that seem to produce only additional competition,» the study says.
Each
of these books is a
deep fountain
of wisdom and comfort waiting for you to drink from.