Sentences with phrase «selfishness which»

But he is himself inclined to reject personal immortality on the ground that to wish for it is to indulge in a kind of selfishness which refuses to accept and rejoice in any accomplishment of goodness or truth or beauty unless «I» can have a personal share in its triumph.

Actually is it not true that though we do know ourselves helpless to do God's perfect will, helpless to resist successfully the temptations to pride and selfishness which assail us in every area of our life and at every level of moral endeavor, we nevertheless know that we are guilty before God and that we should be guilty even if we should make the maximum effort of which human flesh is capable?

On the other hand there is that selfishness which masquerades as individualism.

Admittedly I have drawn attention to large - scale suffering, but the question is just as difficult to answer when we come to the hatred, lust, malice, greed, pride and selfishness which mar the national, social and family life of our own country.

Not exact matches

Christ's character is completely opposed to the human nature which is dominated by selfishness.

We deny a being which can cure us of our selfishness only because we fear some suffering in this godless world.

Other important principles are the Golden Rule, which forbids selfishness, and what Grisez - Finnis call the Pauline Principle, which forbids deliberately sacrificing any one of the basic goods to another — i.e., doing evil that good may result.

When one of my kids finds him or herself in a predicament in which they're having a negative attitude or they're portraying selfishness, I'll often use those situations as teaching moments for what it means to be light.

On the cross he makes up for the selfishness of others with his selfless sacrifice of obedient love and he also apologizes to his Father for the infinite offence which sin gives to Divine Goodness.

Pro-Life Lefties «Abortion», writes the political director of the Huffington Post UK, «is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right - wingers talk of equality, human rights and «defending the innocent», while left - wingers fetishise «choice», selfishness and unbridled individualism.»

The life which Christ asks us to lead is one which goes against the selfishness we find within us and one which goes against the values of this world.

The AA point of view, as set forth in the recognized literature of the movement, does not take full cognizance of the fact that personality factors such as selfishness, resentment, and hostility, which are controlled through the AA program, are actually symptoms of deeper problems of inadequacy, insecurity, and inner conflict.

Yet, it prevents him from using this as an alibi by adding that the factor which keeps the disease from being controlled is «alcoholic thinking» — selfishness, fear, resentment, lack of humility — matters for which the alcoholic is responsible.

In the Bible such constraints are conventionally attributed to «the world» in the pejorative sense of that term, which we may define as the world of the creation reduced by the purposes of any of the forms of selfishness.

Confession has stripped away the sins of greed, of selfishness, of laziness, of lust, envy and pride — but has left behind a great catalog of pain for which there is no one to blame.

The inevitability of selfishness in political and economic affairs is something which I have taken for granted ever since reading Reinhold Niebuhr.

They tend to sink into self - pity, which is the most miserable type of selfishness, as well as perhaps the most potent factor for loneliness and self - isolation.

The issue is mans selfishness and greed which always starts conflicts.

But he must accept this redemption with the turning of his whole being, for only thus can he extricate himself from the maze of selfishness where he has always set himself as his goal and find a way to God and to the fulfillment of the particular task for which he is intended.

This is in contrast to the AA position which does not seem to recognize the symptomatic nature of selfishness.

every reason i ever did good in the first place were corrupted with selfishness and false attempts to be my own savior — all of which is giving God the finger.

They then reinforce and entrench this selfishness by adopting a philosophy in which values are reduced to interests, desires, or wants, and in which all notions of objective good and right are rejected.

The problem with blaming all this on faith or religion is that it hides the true culprits: fear, hatred, and selfishness — which culprits are leveraged by evil leaders of groups like ISIS.

The trick is fooling the world into thinking there is some invisible evil spirit that made you do bad things so you can shift the blame for the greed, the selfishness and the hubris with which most religious zealots conduct themselves.

We become able to love, and to deny our intrinsic selfishness only through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if a capitalist economic system meets these goals — and I will argue that some do and some don't — then it meets our goals for an economic system, in which case it makes no sense to complain because it is based on selfishness.

Directly opposed to this selfishness is the Kingdom of God based on the love of God made known in Jesus - a love which exposes and then transforms poverty of heart.

Andy Flannagan, director of both Christians in Politics and Christians on the Left is a strong proponent of political engagement but warns against allowing healthy patriotism to slide into what he calls «an uglier form of nationalism», which he sees as thinly disguised selfishness.

Most people do not understand this, which is why they have unhealthy love for themselves which comes out as egotism, selfishness, and pride.

He has an interesting take on original sin, which, from an evolutionary perspective, he suggests, can be seen as a trigger for certain genetic mechanisms predisposing us to selfishness and aggression.

Power and authority which determine the sphere of freedom without the free assent of the individual are indeed dangerous and only too often become depraved by the guilty selfishness of those in command, but they are not by their very nature immoral opponents of freedom.

Niebuhr thus seems to have brought together the perfect love of God which transcends all selfishness with the human yearning for mutuality and the struggle of man for justice.

On Calvary he not only makes up for the selfishness of others with his selfless love, he also apologises to his Father for the infinite offence which sin gives to Divine Goodness.

We see the truly human in Christ in the words spoken in the olive grove (cf. Lk 22, 42), and in the reminder to the apostles that if they loved him, they would put selfishness to one side, and would be glad that he was going to the Father, «for the Father is greater than I» (Jn 14, 28), which is but to say that the Father is the source of my origin and my joy.

We should add this point to Kierkegaard's word: «The concept of the neighbour is precisely the middle term of self - abnegation, which enters between the I and I of selfishness but also between the I and the other I of earthly love and friendship.

Maybe it's supposed to jolt me out of the selfishness with which I would pray were it not for the guidance of these words.

... God put selfishness in its place when He lived as a man, was sentanced to death as a man, was beated ruthlessly by horror loving men as a man, all to make sure that they put Him on the cross, as a man, by which He died there as a man.

YHWH represents righteousness, and for us not to have any in difference, hate, and greed, nor poverty, etc., we are all important to Him, and is why He made His law of life for us to live righteously by to prolong our days, but what we wanted in this world is to be for the have, and the have not which is the main operation of «force» and «control» in this so called civilization to allow greed, and selfishness.

These people are clearly not being tempted by greed or selfishness like the rest of us, which makes choosing to be good rather easy, wouldn't you say?

«May they combat the allure of a materialism that stifles authentic spiritual and cultural values and the spirit of unbridled competition which generates selfishness and strife.

from individualism in religion and society to corporate existence; from spiritual and economic selfishness to the truth of the community and of the world which God loves; from rigid doctrines of private property to the original purposes for which God gave his earth to his human family; from privatization of life to Trinitarian communion; from ritual preoccupations to pursuit of justice; from law to grace and from sacrifices to mercy.

, replies: «The regulation of births, which is an aspect of responsible fatherhood and motherhood, is objectively morally acceptable when it is pursued by the spouses without external pressure; when it is practised not out of selfishness but for seriousreasons; and with methods that conform to the objective criteria of morality, that is, periodic continence and use of the infertile periods» (no. 497).

True holiness was just the opposite of selfishness: it was selfless love, which poured itself out on all beings in general because they were the creatures of God.

But things, which were caused by my selfishness, caused me to fail.

Invite him, and your body will become a temple of the Holy Spirit which helps you to overcome selfishness, greed for honor, power and riches, se - xual greed, and many other things.

The manner in which a man utilizes his religion — whether it be to enrich and ennoble his life or to excuse his selfishness and cruelty, or to rationalize his delusions and hallucinations, or to clothe himself in a comforting illusion of omnipotence — is a commentary on the state of his mental health.

Any view of man which regards pride, selfishness, self - love, or self - idolatry as the major cause of man's problems misses the crucial fact that these are often symptoms of deeper causes anxiety, self - hatred, inner conflict, and blocked growth.

If a man can be this arrogant and ignorant of the situation and would rather stay for his selfishness rather leave for the clubs own good and to save some face, then in this situation only the board or owner can do what every respecting fan would rather not wish, which is to sack the manager.

Seems to lack vision of has the selfishness of a striker which he can't afford as a midfield player, in other words he shoots when there are players better positioned than him.

Walcott and Apkom had a lot to prove which may explain their selfishness at times today but they both played well.