Sentence examples for moral instructions from inspiring English sources

The tradition that he was the author of The Letter of James, a New Testament book of moral instructions, is not supported by modern scholarship.

Symeon the New Theologian's writings consist mainly of catecheses (Greek: "doctrinal and moral instructions"); sermons preached to his monks at St. Mamas; a series of short rules, capita (Latin: "chapters"); and the Hymns of the Divine Loves, describing his spiritual experiences.

Christine's prose works include Le Livre de la cité des dames (1405; The Book of the City of Ladies), in which she wrote of women known for their heroism and virtue, and Le Livre des trois vertus (1405; "Book of Three Virtues"), a sequel comprising a classification of women's roles in medieval society and a collection of moral instructions for women in the various social spheres.

And, because character is acquired through our actions, habits, and expected responses to moral instructions, it can, according to African moral systems, be changed or reformed.

Although Vietnam is not considered a Buddhist country in any sociologically meaningful sense, moral instructions of the Buddha are believed to guide virtually all Vietnamese to the true value and legitimacy of their actions and help them to distinguish right from wrong (Caldarola, 2011).

"There's no one else giving them moral instructions.

Mark I. Pinksy said that it is "a simple morality tale — cautionary and schematic — ideal for moral instruction, save for some of its darker moments," and noted that the film is a favorite of parents of young children.

He does not believe in any inner dualism, in the need to choose to be moral or to accept moral instruction from above (gods, philosophers or authority figures) because altruism, empathy and morality are innate in us.

Oz is about empathy and representation without explicit moral instruction.

Without firm moral instruction, Americans approach the virtues gingerly.

Gergen credits Reagan with using stories as "a form of moral instruction" that influenced policy.