Sentences with phrase «governed by the wisdom»

It would be taken up in the order of grace and would be governed by the wisdom of the soul, not by the material environment, in terms of right and wrong, good and bad.

Not exact matches

1) Men and nations are governed by moral laws; and those laws have their origin in a wisdom that is more than human — in divine justice.

If wisdom is to be ours, it must grow in us slowly like a tree — a tree of life — and at the end of the long growing we have its ripe fruit, sweet to the taste, which is the knowledge of good and evil — the kind of knowledge by which a king may rule well, and any of us may govern our lives well.

Balinese rice farmers governed crop cultivation by the wisdom of the traditional water - temple system.

And he maintains that human wisdom is a reflection of Divine wisdom: «the wisdom by which man is expected to control and direct his life reflects the wisdom by which God's laws govern all nature» (REN 30).

Thus the danger: What was once a noble venture has become a temptation to a false transcendence, one that involves a utopian dream of public life governed by moral universals rather than political wisdom.

The fact that parts of this act were already ruled unconstitutional by a NY judge, with more still being appealed shows how much real thought was put into it; within the first few weeks of passing this debacle almost all police, armed guards etc. were violating the law because the legislators in their infinite wisdom forgot to exempt law enforcement, not to mention all the people who went to bed and then the next day — due to the fly - by - night method of governing — people woke up breaking the law without having done anything.

By elevating these issues in the public dialogue, U.S. citizens gain a fighting chance of learning whether those who would lead them have the education, wisdom and courage necessary to govern in a science - driven century and to preserve democracy for the next generation.

We are governed by both our hearts and minds; unfortunately, we oscillate between both rather than listening to their combined wisdom.

It is also governed by blending the wisdom of nature with the highest degree of spiritual evolution.