Indeed, so deep that they touch
the profoundest places of the human soul.
Not exact matches
If the totality
of reality is far more complex than we have ever recognized, then it may be that
profound human experience in different times and
places has brought to light many
of the important patterns that are to be found within it.
A good deal
of the time we may find it useful to begin there; and our preaching
of the gospel, once it does begin there, can then move on with the
profound logic
of experience to the bold affirmation that in this Man, in all his
human conditioning, God is discovering himself to us as at no other time and in no other
place.
Orwell thinks that from Shakespeare's writings it would be difficult to know that he had any religion» whereas in fact the
placing of truth in the mouths
of babes is one aspect
of the Christian respect for all
human life; that same
profound feeling is what inspires us to protest loudly when health authorities take a mental defective off dialysis machine because they consider his «quality
of life» too low, in defiance
of Christ's words in the Sermon on the Mount.
Development
of this new mode
of earth -
human communion can only take
place within a
profound spiritual context.
The hunt for any kind
of extraterrestrial life is one
of the most
profound searches in
human history and could, ultimately, help us understand our
place in the galaxy.
Michael Armstrong, author
of several books on
human capital and performance management, is quoted as saying, «The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one
of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into
place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most
profound way possible: he stood under the arch.»
Predictable, woefully inadequate, jaded, pitiful, unconscionable leadership — whose failure to respond ably to the requirements
of practical biophysical reality
of the relatively small planet God has blessed us to inhabit and, I suppose, not to overwhelm — could have
profound adverse implications for the future
of our children, for biodiversity and the environment, for Earth as a fit
place for
human habitation and life as we know it.