Sentences with phrase «of noble deeds»

A morally good will is a kind of harmony in experience, as ill - will is a kind of disharmony The «beauty of holiness,» or of a noble deed, enriches much artistic experience, but always there are other values in such experience.

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«Before the arts of printing and of reading became common, most of the great deeds of man, his finest thoughts, his noblest feelings, perished for lack of enduring record and easy accurate communication....

«Non-believers» run the risk of doing good deeds just so they can tell others they «do the right thing» or are «just as noble as believers».

This beautiful act of compassion is the noblest of the three deeds Jesus did.

Having said that it's good to be reminded from time to time that we need to deliberately meet with others of faith and «give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities (v24 Amplified).

In his recent book, Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity, he offers «four benefits» of mortality: interest and engagement, suggesting that adding, say, twenty years to the human life span would not proportionately increase the pleasures of life; seriousness and aspiration, proposing that the knowledge that our life is limited is what leads us to take life seriously and passionately; beauty and love, presenting the idea that it is precisely their perishability that makes, for instance, flowers beautiful to us, just as the coming and going of spring makes that season all the more meaningful; and, finally, virtue and moral excellence, by which he means the virtuous and noble deeds that mortality makes possible, including the sacrifice of our own life for a worthy cause.

For myself, many of the «confessing and worshiping communities of God», while they are filled with well meaning, lovely, faithful folk, fail to «stimulate and incite» and tend towards actually stifling and diverting away from «love and helpful deeds and noble activities».

The fact that cells degenerate, that organisms decay, that our own lives ebb toward death, that civilizations eventually fall and that noble deeds and ideals fade into oblivion — all this makes us wonder how the universe could conceivably have any abiding seal of purpose.

That is a most shameful thing for any noble man to do, an action worthy of thieves and rascals, who are punished for their evil deeds by hanging or otherwise, whenever they may be seen and taken.

To my colleagues in Albany whose good work and truly noble efforts are being ignored because of the concentration and fixation on evil and not good deeds in Albany: I take my hat off to you!

The good and noble deed at the center of the film is the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, the monumental piece of legislation that definitively abolished American slavery and laid the sturdy groundwork for a century and a half of civil rights struggle.

As we know, the traditional definition of heroic is «behavior or talk that is bold or dramatic» and an individual of «distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities» is referred to as a hero.

According to its opening pages, it «contayninge most pleasante tales, worthy deeds and witty sayings of noble princes [et] learned philosophers, moralized.

You won't just be a hero in the animal's eyes either, but most of your friends, family members and co-workers will look upon your deeds as being noble in nature, too.

Playing the role of Santa Claus to your pet pooch this Christmas is a very noble deed.