Sentence examples for subtle wisdom from inspiring English sources

Gilead seems to me the greatest, but Lila still offers Robinson's characteristic delights: glorious prose, subtle wisdom and a darkly numinous atmosphere, lit at moments by a visionary wonder shading into exaltation.

Klinkenborg's book is idiosyncratic, brilliant, largely devoid of structure, and full of subtle wisdom.

Once this knowledge is sufficiently acquired, the subtle wisdom that the universe itself is alive will be deeply felt and understood.

But it also provides a more subtle wisdom: that the prevailing means of exchange (currency) need not be the best store of wealth, and the best store of wealth need not be the prevailing means of exchange.

The artist, a sly, conceptualist Disney, created a subtle mockery of the wisdom of crowds.

I talk to her almost every day, see her every week and she still shares her wisdom and subtle influence with me and now her grandchildren.

Not a pearl of Confucian wisdom, but the subtle distinction made by Birmingham City's vice-chairman, Peter Pannu, which encapsulates the constraints under which Chris Hughton has worked the near-miracle of guiding the relegated Carling Cup holders into the Championship play-off zone for the first time this season.

In a not-so-subtle bit of lobbying, the wisdom of restricting wine consumption to people 21 and over is also raised as a question.

Joe's loving father (the subtle Tony Shalhoub) offers a path to wisdom.

If Lorna offers Joe the promise of romantic salvation, Joe's loving father (the subtle Tony Shalhoub) offers a path to wisdom.

Their work defies the silent and subtle lie of forgetting, blunts the clichés and received wisdom about Hiroshima and Chernobyl.