Sentences with phrase «outward act»
The phrase "outward act" refers to a behavior or action that is observable or visible to others. It is something that can be seen or witnessed by people around you. Full definition
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.
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In a peak performance culture getting and receiving feedback is seen as an outward act of caring and is provided and received masterfully.
Some of our outward acts are of a type which do not do much toward expressing our inner being no matter how well our body responds to our wishes for it.
The Sufi seeks the attainment of the spiritual benefits which he gains through his acts of devotion, not the mere performance of outward acts as such.
None other than the seventy elders of Israel, in the outward act of utmost piety: «each had a censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up» (v. 11).
Earlier he said that there was no virtue in an outward act that did not grow out of an inner sincerity.