The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings.
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.
Conservatives reveal themselves through their care for ordinary human things, and their recognition of the fragility of decency and the need to protect it.
How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.
The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars.
You do not have to ladle on the impasto to make a point about human frailty or ambitions.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.
Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.
At 'The School of Life', we take seriously anything that has to do with human fulfilment - and take note wherever insight on this subject can be found.
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.
The human mind is our fundamental resource.
The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.
My belief in human rights includes a fundamental principle that is written into Article 1 of the UN Charter: respect for equal rights and self-determination.
It’s often been said that conservatism is successful because it chimes with these basic human instincts. It’s time for us to ask fundamental questions about what the Conservative Party is for, and what it actually believes.
