Sentences with phrase «of human misery»

Why are there so few volunteers in the really needy centers of human misery — why are there so few whose love extends any further than their own circle?

There is no abstract universal that makes any difference in the relief of human misery.

Both acknowledge the depth of human misery («broken heart»).

On the contrary, the Biblical witness reveals the evil roots of human misery and economic conditions of human life.

On the other hand, the techniques of postcivilization also offer us the possibility of a society in which the major sources of human misery have been eliminated, a society in which there will be no war, poverty, or disease, and in which a large majority of human beings will be able to live out their lives in relative freedom from most of the ills which now oppress a major part of mankind.

And you are wrong when you say that earnings could be enough better than average to help us to avoid the massive amounts of human misery that always follow when as a society we permit P / E10 levels to rise to the levels they have reached in recent decades.

It would certainly help stem the tide of human misery caused by sexual confusion if the Synod would urge bishops, pastors, theologians, and laypeople to embrace Humanae Vitae.

Would «de-development» of the West and inhibition of development elsewhere increase or decrease the sum total of human misery?

Others take advantage of human misery by ferrying climate refugees across the Mediterranean in leaky boats, or by building fences to keep people from fleeing Bangladesh for India.

Here the residents find repose in a spooky social void, though the facility incorporates vivid images of human misery.

God is a tear of love shed in the deepest concealment of human misery.

There one can see a touching picture of all human miseries, not of those poor attrackted by the alms of sovereigns, or of those insects who attach themselves to the reach, but of starving beggars deprived of necessities by the «charity» of their bishops so as to prevent them from becoming corrupted by affluence.

Instead of contributing to the liberative process, many cities have become sprawling concentrations of human misery, wracked with racial, religious and class animosity.

He since then changed his mind, at least for a while when he became convinced that the church must endorse socialism as the only way out of the human miseries of Latin America.

She can teach us about the power of deep reflection on the human relationships that are part of our world; lastly, she spoke God's justice when she saw the depths of human misery and need.

Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Agean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

We have no idea of human misery unless we know we are destined for glory and communion with God and his saints.

In some cases they were outright deceptions involving despicable exploitation of human misery.

«It is clear that providing adequate housing for all can not be left entirely to the private market, but carrots could do more than sticks and cost less, both in terms of human misery and public money.»

«If there's a way to interfere with this process, then there may be a way to limit their growth rate,» says Moses — as well as prevent a lot of human misery.

All this is from the man who could also convey the breadth of human misery in the face of Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Unfortunately, it also has Slumdog Millionaire's brand of exploitative uplift, in which cinematic jazziness is mercilessly employed to sugarcoat portraits of human misery.

But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries.»

In giving agency to this female slave, Himid also warns against the romanticising effects of art in the face of human misery.

In the early 20th century Joan Miró became known for his blue dream paintings, and Pablo Picasso developed his Blue Period that centered on the somber subject of human misery.

But, if we choose to narrow our access to reality as drastically as the provided matting, the uncomfortable evidence of human misery will vanish before our eyes.

Worldwatch says this «urbanization» (a vicious euphemism) actually accounts for 90 % of human population growth, and perhaps 90 % of human misery too.

Canadians should be encouraged to watch not only the scandalous and salacious cases that inhabit our courtrooms from time - to - time but the daily drudgery of human misery tinged with a hope for the future that shuffles through Provincial plea courts from coast - to - coast.

While I am keenly cognizant of the human misery of those who are truly distressed, there is a relatively new phenomenon called «jingle mail» where people are sending their lenders the keys to their home and walking away.

Many of the early leaders of the social gospel movement were pastors whose concern for individual slum dwellers, the poor, the prisoners and the sick led them to attack the social sources of human misery and to understand the corporate character of human sin.

He was concerned about the rampant injustice of his time, although he put the matter off with the reflection that nothing could be done, for the total of human misery was a constant quantity.

«Inflammation plays a central role in many diseases, cancer, arteriosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, infections, in fact, inflammation is a major cause of human misery,» says Inder Verma, professor in the Laboratory of Genetics and lead scientist of both studies.

Maguschak's actual search for the source of human misery is conducted in silence, behind locked doors, and only familiar humans attend.

Then again, that all of this human misery, all these murmured conversations and all of these women trooping in and out of his life would be summoned solely to assist in one successful midlife white male's self - actualization process, is just one of those Things, I guess.