Sentence examples for generous minds from inspiring English sources

"Curiosity," wrote Samuel Johnson, "is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last".

Lots of exciting things coming out of the generous minds of the great Pacific Northwest.

The condemnation of M. Zola yesterday to a year's imprisonment will come as a shock to every generous mind.

But even to the most generous mind, Julie Burchill's defence of her friend in the Guardian can't be explained as anything other than deliberate bigotry.

This outstanding four-disc box set contains much of Bennett's finest work, ranging in settings from Morecambe to Moscow and is testimony to his acute ear, sharp eye and generous mind and his belief in the old Yorkshire adage that "there's nowt so queer as folk".

To recognize the insight contained in an opposing point of view is one of the hardest things to do, and the mark of a generous mind; Lappe succeeds brilliantly in this difficult task.

Wisdom is often put into effect and boosted by generosity, since it is easy to follow one's innate preferences, but to be patient, kind and wise in challenging situations is an expression of a generous mind.

The German imperial chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, had something more generous in mind when he designed the world's first social insurance program — initiated in the 1880s — on the assumption that the welfare state should help smooth economic cycles.

If I were generous of mind, I would think that all this has come about by coincidence and oversight, but I'm a highly suspicious parent, so I suspect that you have introduced these reforms in order to simplify the process of failing more of our children.

Generous, justice-minded Christians say that they are finding among the people they work with a hunger for authentic spiritual witness and a seeking of renewal and hope.

And it allows generous room for minds to wander.