Now lower things are in higher things in a more eminent way than in themselves, as Dionysius says (Coel.
Now higher things are in a nobler way in themselves than in lower things; whereas lower things are in higher things in a nobler way than they are in themselves.
The secondary characteristic of a hopeful pursuit of heaven is courage, the adventurous spirit which foregoes ease and comfort for the sake of higher things, despising the danger and difficulty.
Evils of soul that are caused by gluttony are: heaviness in the mind, for an overloaded stomach unfits the mind to reflect on higher things or to consider the duty of moderation in rejoicing, in words or in acts (Ecclus.
Faith, by elevating man to higher things, purifies his soul from the defilements of lower things (Acts, xv.
The book is a stimulant, a tonic, a trumpet-call to higher things, a beacon light for better days.
What the Lord means us to understand is that money is the inevitable satellite of higher things.
Husbandry here is the great witness for, and key to, higher things.
Do not brood over what you are called to endure, but seek for the secret of spiritual help which is hidden within, and you will find that on every grief and every pain you may rise, as on stepping-stones, to higher things.
They have risen on their dead selves to higher things.
If you had desired me to treat of higher things I should have done what I could; but it seems to me in the present case that the object of my letter should be rather to instruct the reader than to give consequence to the writer.
I had reckoned on leading her to higher things by means of a little earnest exhortation on the subject of her marriage.
This was, of itself, enough to encourage me to take her future conversion in hand--beginning with a few words of earnest warning directed against the hasty formation of the marriage tie, and so getting on to higher things.
Hindrances and pitfalls, dear girls, which beset us on our way to higher things!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "higher things" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
