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Topic: Sincerity


  
  21. Of Godly Sincerity.
I shall consider this grace of sincerity as it is truth in the heart; as it regards the truth of particular graces there; as it is concerned in doctrine professed or preached; as it has to do with divine worship; and as it appears in the walk and conversation of the saints.
Sincere persons, who have truth in their hearts, are the same with "the upright in heart," who are hated and persecuted by wicked men; but "loved" by the Lord, and to whom he is good, and does good to them (Ps.
Fifthly, sincerity may be considered with respect to the walk and conversation of the saints; "Blessed are the undefiled," or the perfect and sincere "in the way;" in the way of God’s commandments, walking according to the rule of the divine word, and as becomes the gospel of Christ (Ps.
www.pbministries.org /books/gill/Practical_Divinity/Book_1/book1_21.htm   (1583 words)

  
 Quotes on Sincerity
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.
www.notable-quotes.com /s/sincerity_quotes.html   (360 words)

  
 Makoto - Sincerity
There are times when being sincere also requires us to be courageous, another point in the "code of a warrior." Ultimately, one cannot discuss or act simply with sincerity without involving other points in our "code" such as loyalty, courage, and righteousness; noble virtues for all to adhere to much more so a warrior.
Sincerity of truthfulness is an attitude towards martial arts and Jujitsu in particular is a result of your attempt to achieve the perfection in character from our system.
Sincerity, then, is a goal worthy of determined pursuit and a quality to be greatly admired.
www.ajjf.org /article04.html   (1031 words)

  
 Emotion and Sincerity in Persian Discourse
Sincerity is thus a paradoxical affective expression in that its presence or absence is ultimately ascertained not by the expressor(s), but by the persons to whom it is expressed.
Sincerity in expressing sorrow, grief, regret or anger is underscored through the use of high-pitched voice, increased volume and rapidity of speech.
A person demonstrating the sincerity of a petition or of gratitude for a favor may try to touch or kiss the hand or even the feet of the person to whom respect or devotion is being shown.
www.brown.edu /Departments/Anthropology/publications/Emotion.htm   (8654 words)

  
 Sincerity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sincere expression carries risks to the speaker, since the ordinary screens used in everyday life are opened to the outside world.
It appears to have become an ideal for the first time in Europe and North America in the 17th century; and it gained considerable momentum during the Romantic movement, when sincerity was first celebrated as an artistic and social ideal.
Literary critic Lionel Trilling dealt with the subject of sincerity, its roots, its evolution, its moral quotient, and its relationship to authenticity in a series of lectures published under the title Sincerity and Authenticity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sincerity   (487 words)

  
 VI. "RELIGIOUS" NATURE OF PLAINTIFFS' BELIEFS - sincerity
Attempts to ascertain the sincerity of claims of religious belief must be undertaken with extreme caution.
The Court is of the opinion, in other words, that although the Sherrs' voiced resistance to vaccination is no doubt sincere, their claims of a sincerely religious basis for their objections to inoculation are not credible.
Since the Court finds that the Sherrs do not sincerely hold the religious beliefs they put forth as the foundation for their assertion of entitlement to an exemption from immunization under § 2164(9), these plaintiffs' claim for relief from the refusal of the exemption they seek must be denied.
goodlight.net /nyvic/law/wexler/7sincere.htm   (1772 words)

  
 Sincerity (Ikhlaas)
The meaning of sincerity is that what the person says and his/her deeds and actions should be for the sake of Allah (SWT) and not to show to the people or to be proud of himself or herself with them.
Sincere Muslims do not want to stand up to the corrupt rulers and leaders in the Muslim world, for fear of hardship, sufferings or loss of life.
Sincerity is a topic that is not only key to Islam, but it is also a subject that the Western philosophers have pondered for centuries.
www.irfi.org /articles/articles_51_100/sincerity.htm   (2696 words)

  
 In Search of Sincerity
And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give Zakah.
Sincerely, as in for Allah alone; Correctly, as in accordance to the Sunnah.
Part II Sincerity is a topic that is not only key to Islam, but it is also a subject that the Kuffaar and philosophers have pondered for centuries.
www.angelfire.com /me4/islaam/Khutbah17.html   (1398 words)

  
 Sincerity And Spirituality - by Sri Chinmoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is extremely difficult to be totally sincere, but we need sincerity in the physical, in the vital, in the mental.
Sincerity is the dynamic horse deep inside us, and the rider of this horse is our psychic being.
He may be sincere to his friends, to his family and to the world at large; but if he does not have the inner cry, he will not be able to enter into Infinity, Eternity and Immortality.
www.srichinmoylibrary.com /eastern-light-western-mind/27.html   (866 words)

  
 The New Sincerity Movement In Poetry - Robert Peake
The very existence of a new sincerity movement has sparked some interesting reflection in my mind.
Sincerity endeavors to focus on an object that might elicit such a response (such as something beautiful) and render it in an authentic way.
Perhaps, with the very existence of a new sincerity movement, we are seeing glimpses of the end of an age.
www.robertpeake.com /archives/188-The-New-Sincerity-Movement-In-Poetry.html   (890 words)

  
 Sincerity | The Nimatullahi Sufi Order   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sincerity has been defined as `showing yourself as you really are' and `being inwardly what you show yourself to be'.
Hence, the results of `sincerity with oneself' are liberation from the anxiety that stems from disharmony of character and the establishment of psychological health.
At this stage of sincerity, which is the result of `sincerity with oneself' and `sincerity with the master', unity between the Sufi and God becomes established through the power of sincerity and gnosis.
nimatullahi.net /nurbakhsh/discourses/sincerity?...   (401 words)

  
 Sincerity
Sincerity is generally understood to be truth in word and act.
Sincerity made perfect at the level of conscience, extended horizontally to cover all our life activities and vertically to act in important events of our life will be a sincerity of power and value.
One who achieves sincerity at the level of the Spirit will be able to evoke it successfully in others at all three levels, according to the intensity of his own attainment and the purity of the other receiving human being.
www.motherservice.org /Essays/Sincerity.html   (1049 words)

  
 Sailing Yacht Sincerity : history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
S.Y. Sincerity, an Edwardian Marconi ketch full of character and spirit, was built in 1928 by Baglietto for the founder and owner of the Italian automobile company Fiat.
In the early 1900's, Sincerity was designed as a fast and comfortable cruising boat, which is reflected in her lines.
Sincerity is built with 3 inch thick teak planks on oak frames.
www.yacht-sincerity.com /history.php   (209 words)

  
 What Is True Sincerity? > The Good News : March/April 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The meaning of the Greek word eilikrinia translated "sincerity" is "purity." In the Bible it is used in referring to purity of motive.
As important as sincerity is, we must also live according to the truth.
A Gospel writer shows us that the sincere worship of many is in vain because they are "laying aside the commandment of God" and "hold the tradition of men" (Mark 7:8).
www.gnmagazine.org /issues/gn09/truesincerity.htm   (2256 words)

  
 University of Rochester School of Nursing: Research Fable 4.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Since spherical pumpkins were felt to be most sincere, and pumpkins are frequently enjoyed in pi, the researchers determined that the height to circumference ratio of the ideal pumpkin would be 1:3.1415928.
The pumpkinmetricians practiced measuring sample pumpkins with a commercial sincerity measure (otherwise known as a paper measuring tape) until they had acceptable inter-rater agreement.
While the reliability of this measure was established beyond any question, the validity of this ratio as a measure of pumpkin sincerity remains in doubt: the pumpkinmetricians reported that the object most closely approximating the ideal ratio was not a pumpkin at all, but rather the head of one of the interview researchers.
www.urmc.rochester.edu /son/Fables/pumpkin.cfm   (898 words)

  
 United Communities of Spirit
For Shinto, sincerity (makoto) means the inner, harmonious coherence of thought and action, of the individual's will and the will of the kami.
In some of the passages gathered here, sincerity means the natural and spontaneous flow of the mind, devoid of all pretense and all egoistic grasping.
Sincerity is the single virtue that binds divinity and man in one.
origin.org /ucs/ws/theme098.cfm   (2381 words)

  
 More Than 27,000 Great Quotations To Inspire You!
Sincerity is an openness of heart that is found in very few people.
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone -- but that is all it means.
www.cybernation.com /quotationcenter/quoteshow.php?type=subject&id=1266   (804 words)

  
 Sincerity and Sincere Advice (Islaam.Com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As regards sincerity to Allaah's Messenger - then it is: to testify to the truth that he was sent with.
Sincerity to the leaders: It is to help them upon the truth.
And that they are not praised with false praises and that du'aa is made for their righteousness." All of this is based upon the fact that what is meant by the leader of the Muslims is the Khaleefah, and other than them, from the administrators who take charge of the affairs of the Muslims.
www.islaam.com /Article.aspx?id=203   (957 words)

  
 The struggle for sincerity | The-Tidings.com
He was longing for sincerity, which he identified with "finally growing up," and was finding that for the most part it was evading him.
In this view, to be sincere means "to be uncovered, to have a certain transparency of soul," to not have a coat of anything covering over you.
Sincerity is what truly lays bear the heart, genuinely speaks for the soul, and makes for honest curiosity.
www.the-tidings.com /2004/0702/rolheiser.htm   (944 words)

  
 Sincerity Quotes
Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
www.worldofquotes.com /topic/sincerity   (144 words)

  
 "'On Sincerity in Literature' by Vladimir Pomerantsev - from SovLit.com
Sincerity is the basic component of that sum of gifts which we call talent.
Sincerity is lacking not only in works done to fit a mold, and the mold is not the worst form of insincerity.
But the sincerity that can lead to the truth of life, to the Party's truth, is not a mood.
www.sovlit.com /sincerity   (11478 words)

  
 World Scripture - SINCERITY
Sincerity of heart is the starting point of spiritual practice and ethical living.
The truly upright is that which flows out of your genuine innermost self as a result of the sincerity shown by the kami; on all occasions, you must exert this sincerity to the utmost, even in the most minor of your activities.
What is meant by "making the will sincere" is allowing no self-deception, as when we hate a bad smell or love a beautiful color.
www.unification.net /ws/theme098.htm   (2064 words)

  
 Practise Ikhlas, Sincerity in all our actions - The reward of deeds depends upon the  intentions
Sincerity is a very important factor in the life of a Muslim, for all his activities are judged only on the basis of his intention.
Sincerity can rightly be called the life and soul of the entire moral edifice of Islam.
If the action lacks sincerity however dignified or pious it may be it will not fetch any reward from Allah.
www.as-sidq.org /niyyat.html   (775 words)

  
 Agni Yoga Talks - Sincerity
That sincerity is similar to a properly directed spear thrust and is not a diffused goodness can be shown by example.
Test the quality of sincerity in communications to far distances; and then observe the difference when personal feelings of impatience or irritation are allowed to intrude, or, worse, preconceived ideas or deliberate distortions.
But true sincerity is a purifier, bringing about a crystal clarity, which enlightens the consciousness just as fuel gives flame.
www.agniyoga.org /ay_talks/ay_talks_s2005_sincerity.html   (1639 words)

  
 Sincerity Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
Even when exercising their greatest duplicity, women are always sincere because they are yielding to some natural feeling.
The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle.
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.
www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/sincerity_t001.htm   (410 words)

  
 Yachts: SINCERITY
Sincerity leaves Antigua on May 5, bound for England with a short stop at Faial in the Azores.
This is an excellent opportunity to experience a transatlantic passage in style, not to mention the mandatory visit or three to the infamous Peter Sport Café in Horta, a goal in itself for every serious sailor.
Whether you opt for the Midnight Sun in the Lofoten Islands or choose the majestic fjords of Vestlandet you will rave over the privacy and wild beauty of these yet "undiscovered" cruising grounds.
www.sailingyachts.com /yachts/sincerity1.html   (242 words)

  
 ARTL!ES
Maybe it would be useful, for the purpose of clarity, to refer to sincerity in two modes, the first being involuntary sincerity�sincerity with a small s, i.e., the warmth one feels when looking at sleeping babies, holding purring kittens, laughing, crying or exposing any unmediated emotion.
The second mode, big S Sincerity, is a communicative expression produced through culture that is specifically performed with both an audience and a positive reception in mind, i.e., banjo-playing, Spoken Word, Hello Kitty items and so on.
Amidst fakery, the desire for Sincerity has taken on urgency in terms of artmaking in the past decade, perhaps in response to the glut of eighties and nineties postmodern irony.
www.artlies.org /article.php?id=1299&issue=49&s=0   (1751 words)

  
 SINCERITY - The DJ List
Sincerity is 18 years old and he's a DJ from Poland.
Everything started in the year 2000, when in one of the radio stations he has heard Blank & Jones track 'The Nightfly', and it simply got him...
You'll need to upload a picture to be sure to have it shown in the Recent Readers box.
www.thedjlist.com /djs/SINCERITY   (232 words)

  
 Film Threat "Sincerity on the Sunset Strip"
Sincerity on the Sunset Strip / Greenwich Village encore
Sincerity on the Sunset Strip / 13 Greenwich Village NYC
Last November, "Sincerity on the Sunset Strip" played to SRO crowds (including Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple) at the weekly Light+Screen Film Festival at New York's Siberia Bar, and the hugely positive buzz generated from the screening brought the film to other non-theatrical venues in New York and Los Angeles.
journals.aol.com /ryanisland/RYANISLANDFilms/entries/2005/10/16/film-threat-sincerity-on-the-sunset-strip/146   (1542 words)

  
 Sincerity, The First Step Taken Towards Openness
  According to its definition in the Greek, sincerity goes beyond being well-meaning and well-intentioned, but it speaks of being clear of mind, able to understand and perceive all things intelligibly and proceed without mistake.
  The word sincerity can be linked to the spiritual significance of the ingredients used in the holy anointing oil and incense as noted in Exodus 30:24, 34.
  The pursuit of sincerity leads to one less piece of ammunition Satan has to use against us, for he is the accuser of the brethren.
members.aol.com /john4and24/wordforyou/sincerity2openness.htm   (784 words)

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