Sentences with phrase «whose human weakness»

When the terrible enemy, death, approaches, He does not want to be forsaken even by the disciples whose human weakness He knows.

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It is no accident that Shakespeare is translated into most of the major languages of the world, because the characters that stalk through his plays, though they wear the costumes of Englishman, Italian, Dane, or Jew, are timeless human figures whose loves, hates, ambitions, fears, weaknesses, courage, and heroism are those of every man.

And in the conclusion to the document, the Council is determined to reinforce a view of the human person «as a creature «in - between,» neither god nor beast, neither dumb body nor disembodiedsoul, but as a puzzling, upward - pointing unity of psyche and soma whose precise limitations are the source of its — our — loftiest aspirations, whose weaknesses are the source of its — our — keenest attachments, and whose natural gifts may be, if we do not squander or destroy them, exactly what we need to flourish and perfect ourselves — as human beings.»

Laura doesn't give the Great Danes full credit for bringing two humans together — but maybe, on some level, the relationship between the two big white dogs represents a lesson to be learned: Having someone in your life you can turn to, and depend on, and whose strengths can compliment your weaknesses, has its advantages.