Sentences with phrase «selfish impulses»

The Holy Spirit is the source of the strength to control selfish impulses, thereby making us capable of living authentic Christian lives.

The findings, published by Cell Press in the March 8 issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain why young children often struggle to control selfish impulses, even when they know better, and could impact educational strategies designed to promote successful social behavior.

Hamilton continually challenges other Christians t come to grips with their experience of a godless world, world in which God is either absent altogether or present ii the worst way: in the selfish impulses and evil acts of small minds, so that God comes to represent in fanaticism and hatred death itself.

Therefore, in spite of the selfish impulses in human nature, a certain optimism is in order regarding the human situation.

Everybody has negative emotions and selfish impulses.

There's plenty of selfishness all around it's just that rich people get their selfish impulses rewarded more frequently because they write big checks.

Or it could be that these actions represent the outcome of hard - fought battles pitting conscious control against selfish core impulses — victories for virtue, yes, but ones that require continuous effort and are likely to be surrendered as soon as people are unable or unwilling to continue overriding their selfish impulses.

Haneke's script confronts all the complexities, all the conflicting emotions, including the selfish impulses that are unavoidable even during selfless action.

Everybody has negative emotions and selfish impulses.