Sentences with phrase «human deceit»

And if it isn't the absolute depths of human deceit, then you and your ilk will manage to sink even lower to find it.

«Never in the field of human deceit have so few taken so many for a ride to so little effect.

Nonetheless, there is an expectation on the part of society that the law will speak from on high as well as in the people's midst, and that it will make straight what would otherwise remain twisted, crooked lines; it will establish order in the stead of anarchy and chaos; it will retain a semblance of purity amid vile motives and human deceits; it will speak with godlike authority and power in a godless age.

Not exact matches

If it is not, then I can not accept it, except by self - deceit, even if some other human being seems to accept it.

D — Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit.

However, when used in the service of a partisan political agenda, religion often succumbs to the deceit of human power, becoming just another political player and, at worst, part of the problem of human tyranny.

He warns the Colossians to «See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe...» This is why pseudo-truth seems plausible: because it is universally accepted and codified in human traditions.

The Worst Devils are the Government, Banks and Fraudulent Insurance Companies that rain deceit, war, greed and misery upon the whole human race.

Falsehood, deceit, and outright lies in the public or private arena shatter relationships and tear at the very fiber of human life.

Myweigh - Coloss 2:8:» Look to it that there be not somebody who carries you off by philosophy and empty deceit along the line of human tradition, of the world's elements and not of Christ»

Deceit is fundamental to the human condition.

Threatened on all sides by deceit, betrayal, and random violence, Zack discovers that the greatest jeopardy originates in the human heart as he tries to understand whether he's being confronted with a last chance at salvation or just another enormous loss.

Part techno thriller, part literary science fiction, Life is a Beautiful Thing is a series that questions what it means to be human, a book that offers a shocking glimpse into a dystopian future fueled by corporate deceit, bawdy sex and high - end intoxicants.

Through allegorical representation, my paintings portray shared dramas experienced by humans and animals alike — survival, deceit, wonder, anxiety, aspects of change, and transition.

This is a skill so essential to survival in the human species that recognizing deceit is probably as instinctual as the ability to recognize the shapes of spiders and snakes.

Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers has some interesting ideas about this in his book «Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self - Deception in Human Life».