Sentences with phrase «yet eludes»

As William James emphasized, it is hardly possible to harmonize the religious vision of «something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension,» with a materialistic cosmology.

... is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something that is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.9

Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realised; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.

«Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.»

It is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.

I never did get that plum barbecue quite right — it has yet eluded my attempts at copying (it usually ends up too oniony, too tomatoey, or too sweet).

Tolon's aim is to make paintings that are apparently recognisable, yet elude description.

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Some scientists are reluctant to ring that bell just yet, saying there could be other reasons for the results, but one potential explanation of the latest results from a cosmic ray detector in space is that it is the first detection of the mysterious dark matter material that has eluded scientists» understanding for decades.

«Gender balance in a company is essential, and yet if you don't actively fight for it — especially in tech and crypto — it will easily elude you.

All these changes, yet the main constant dragging us down is still there, so EPL will continue to elude us.

Yet club honours continued to elude him.

The third, the focus of the perspective, is the yet - undiscovered life that up until now has eluded detection.

Yet it had eluded solution, at least until Jackson and his co-worker, R. Daniel Mauldin, tackled the problem.

Yet one place on Earth did manage to elude the intercontinental holocaust: the oceans.

Yet despite nearly 25 years of study, one question in particular has eluded themnamely, how do the larvae of these vent fauna disperse and colonize new vents, which can lie hundreds of kilometers away?

And yet this ability, called empathic accuracy, eludes introspection.

ULVZs have been detected below the Polynesian country of Samoa and the Hawaiian islands, yet a clear depiction of their shape has eluded scientists.

Yet after I spend a couple of afternoons with him, it becomes clear that he thinks he has a reasonable shot at something that has eluded researchers for decades: creating a fusion device that yields more energy than it consumes, and doing so on a budget of tens of millions instead of billions.

Cosmic rays constantly bombard the Earth as tiny, extremely energetic particles traveling close to the speed of light, yet their origins have eluded scientists for nearly 100 years.

Yet precisely what drives this commitment, which is essential for shaping cardiovascular development, has long eluded researchers.

At 14, I started lifting weights (those guys in the magazines didn't seem to have an ounce of fat on them), and by senior year, I'd packed on about 25 pounds of muscle... yet the whole «getting ripped» part kept eluding me:

It's so simple, yet the designer name eludes us.

Yet if we focus or hold on too tight to the target, it eludes our grasp and gets further and further away.

They are ordinary people like you and me, and yet somehow love is just eluding them.

I've not seen a single social network elude to this convergence as yet, but I'm convinced it's the future.

Always tried to imagine a place where they could all come together in some kind of kaleidoscope blitz but it yet to come to fruition and thus eludes me.

Yet the complexity of Einar's feelings eludes Hooper's visual storytelling, particularly in the film's early scenes.

And yet, sadly, successful parent engagement has eluded California for decades.

This grunt, along with a silky - soft yet tied - down ride, contributes to the Big - Boy Mercedes feel that somehow eludes the cheaper E-class and that costs $ 20,000 more in an equivalent S - class.

Yet prudish Rose is stuck in the fading light of yesteryear, searching for the nurturing companionship that eluded her childhood.

The «Ultimate Portable Device» continues to elude us even with Apple making available its iPad and Microsoft's Courier yet remaining a distant dream.

Ezekiel was taught to ask — and yet the educational merits of Scripture eluded me throughout my childhood.

I must admit, that I was agreeing with the blogger who was cross-comparing the two films, as everything that came forward out of reading «Z» eludes to the larger than life displays that I presume are threaded throughout «Gatsby», by which I do not know firsthand as of yet, as I recently picked the book up at my local library!

With the PC version yet to come, Capcom likely has their sights set on breaking the 10 million mark, a milestone that has eluded them up until this point, despite their library of iconic franchises.

In her choice of colour, Baghramian thus lends the hooks a decorative aspect, which is most definitely not the case (as it so often is) with respect to the fabric - covered pieces that distantly recall cushions yet seem to elude any attempt to pin them down to a particular shape or to lend them a more elaborated form.

These almost abstract, monochrome paintings treat the plain yet distinctive ads that New York's most famous jewelry brand has run daily for many years in the upper right hand corner of the same page of The New York Times, while echoing associations with another classic, Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, whose object of desire Holly Golightly lures admirers only to elude them later.

And yet the kind of large - scale transition that would give us a collective chance of averting catastrophe eludes us.

As yet, income from their videos eludes them.

Fleeing and eluding, 316.1935, is committed when someone fails to stop for a law enforcement officers, yet knows that they've been ordered to stop.

We don't have to tell you which flagship phone duo is newer, hotter or generally better, yet Nougat continues to bizarrely elude the operator - free GS7s while reportedly rolling out to both of Samsung's fall 2015 heroes on the «Now Network.»

We eluded to the wild world of electrostatic drivers in the intro, but let's do a crash - course review for those who aren't yet intimate with the technology: Most in - ear headphones use one of two driver technologies: dynamic drivers, which are essentially micro-sized versions of the speakers in your home, or balanced armature drivers, which are extremely tiny tubes (armatures) wrapped in a voice coil that vibrates when electrified, again, creating sound.

Circumstances may change or even improve, yet self love eludes us.

Yet no matter how many personal accomplishments are achieved, the sense of validation remains eluding.

You may be struggling with a sense of hopelessness, feeling alone and set adrift, longing for closeness with others, yet finding it to elude you.