The Good Life: Truths That Last in Times of NeedHarper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 384 páginas The author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 16
Página v
... President of Harvard University ( 1953–1971 ) and to Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie , D.D. ( 1921–2000 ) 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England ( 1980–1991 ) From generation to generation , passing into holy souls ...
... President of Harvard University ( 1953–1971 ) and to Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie , D.D. ( 1921–2000 ) 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England ( 1980–1991 ) From generation to generation , passing into holy souls ...
Página 6
... President Charles William Eliot , “ to cultivate within each of you young men and women the durable values and satisfactions of life . " It seems that just as institutions withdrew from preaching and teaching those values - under the ...
... President Charles William Eliot , “ to cultivate within each of you young men and women the durable values and satisfactions of life . " It seems that just as institutions withdrew from preaching and teaching those values - under the ...
Página 9
... presidents of American colleges to students in their senior year as the required course to cap the liberal arts career. Comté-Sponville recognizes the intellectual conflict in the tradition between Christian self-abnegation and ...
... presidents of American colleges to students in their senior year as the required course to cap the liberal arts career. Comté-Sponville recognizes the intellectual conflict in the tradition between Christian self-abnegation and ...
Página 10
... president of Harvard and the man who gave me my diploma in 1968 and, in 1970, my first appointment in The Memorial Church. For the thirty-one years of his life that coincided with my ministry in the church and university that he loved ...
... president of Harvard and the man who gave me my diploma in 1968 and, in 1970, my first appointment in The Memorial Church. For the thirty-one years of his life that coincided with my ministry in the church and university that he loved ...
Página 15
... president, and squaring his feet at the microphone, began his five-minute oration. Unlike most American colleges, Harvard does not have to endure a major address at the time it gives out its degrees, and thus the A More Excellent Way.
... president, and squaring his feet at the microphone, began his five-minute oration. Unlike most American colleges, Harvard does not have to endure a major address at the time it gives out its degrees, and thus the A More Excellent Way.
Contenido
13 | |
Whats Good About It? | 73 |
How Do I Know When Ive Made It? | 98 |
The Practice of Perfection | 128 |
From What and For What? | 159 |
Ways Means and Ends | 193 |
Substance and Evidence | 233 |
Conclusion | 344 |
Notes | 357 |
Index | 365 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
achieve Adams African American American Aquinas argue Aristotle Augustine become believe Bible Billy Graham Bonhoeffer Boston Boston Globe called Catholic Christian civil culture death defined Derek Bok Dietrich Bonhoeffer discipline divine evil experience failure faith famous fear forgiveness friends G. K. CHESTERTON gifts give God’s happiness Harvard hope Howard Thurman human Jabez Jesus justice Kierkegaard knew liberal living love breeds marriage means meant Memorial Church mind modern moral Mother Teresa Nathan Marsh Pusey neighbor never notion one’s ourselves parents peace perhaps person political prayer Prayer of Jabez preached preacher president prudence qualities question religion religious remember secular sense sermon simply social Søren Kierkegaard soul speak spiritual strange freedom success T. S. Eliot theologian things tion tradition twentieth century University values wisdom words young
Pasajes populares
Página 147 - God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable.
Página 137 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Página 234 - For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free— and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Página 147 - Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Página 205 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Página 292 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Página 140 - Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had...
Página 235 - ... Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
Página 278 - O GOD, Who hast prepared for them that love Thee such good things as pass man's understanding ; pour into our hearts such love toward Thee, that we, loving Thee above all things, may obtain Thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire ; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Referencias a este libro
Leveraging Good Will: Strengthening Nonprofits by Engaging Businesses Alice Korngold Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Embracing Change: 10 Ways to Grow Spiritually and Emotionally Joseph F. Sica Vista previa limitada - 2003 |