F Quotes
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“Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.”
Source: Miscellaneous writings
“Forming good values and beliefs comes by determining what they should be and then building them inside of you”
“Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of grammaticality; those who are belong in special institutions. The unity of language is fundamentally political.”
Source: EPZ Thousand Plateaus
“Forming Holiness with filthy hands and heart which leads to a disastrous future is like trying to impress or form when your life is without formation.”
“Forming of a web of information nodes rather than a hierarchical tree or an ordered list is the basic concept behind HyperText.”
“Forms acquire meaning for us only because we recognize in them the expression of a sentient (fühlend) soul. Spontaneously, we animate (beseelen) every object.”
“Forms and regularity of proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense, is the spirit of distributive order.”
Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers. Third edition. First Series
“Forms and rituals become a problem when they stop representing a gateway into oneself and become an exclusive presentation of the sacred, such as the belief that the only way to commune with God is by going to church or taking a walk in nature, or that the only way to meditate is to be alone in quiet surroundings. (Rodney Smith)”
“Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we can have the best possible liturgy, but we have not worshiped the Lord until Spirit touches spirit.”
Source: Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline
“Forms are vehicles and instruments, and vehicles and instruments cannot be called good or bad without context.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible.”
“Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things.”
Source: Ben Shahn: Paintings and Graphics : [exhibition] Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July 30, 1967-September 10, 1967; La Jolla Museum of Art, October 5, 1967-November 12, 1967 ; Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, December 3, 1967-January 3, 1968
“Forms of energy from nature gave my father trouble. He refused to believe he was going to die. He had these weird delusions. It's amazing. Along with all the great thoughts, he had all this funny stuff.”
“Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.”
“Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character and to national realities.”
Source: American Diplomacy: Sixtieth-Anniversary Expanded Edition
“Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.”
Source: Pensées of Joubert
“Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.”
“Forms of love are so many. Just make sure your heart can fit in it.”
“Forms of power flow and translate into each other, or, to put it in a less reified matter, possessors of power move to expand and guard it, among other things by gaining hold and tightening their grip on the various levers of power. No effective state power can maintain control, defend its realm against outsiders, or safeguard against usurpation without a substantial underpinning of force.”
Source: War in Human Civilization
“Forms of punishment that do not include the human reckoning of accountability and the human grappling of remorse rely exclusively on extrinsic motivation— a threat from outside. One of the effects of accountability is to help foster people’s intrinsic motivation, which manifests in part as remorse.”
Source: Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
“Forms of romance are a lot,
Heavenly if not the lot,
still, they hearts return to happy,
hearts, without it, which are bratty…”
Source: На чист Български...: Pristine Bulgarian sayings...
“Forms used in many clinics ask patients to rate their status on a regular basis, hoping to see an ever-upward trend, and sometimes judging the efficacy of the therapist without regard for the complexity of the challenges they are holding together in the space between. All of this is well-intentioned with the primary goal being rapid reduction of suffering. However it is built on the assumptions of the left hemisphere.”
“Formula 1 is a huge international phenomenon even if an otherwise car racing obsessed American public has always found Formula 1 to be a little weird.”
“Formula 1 racing had a personal scandal right up at the top of its governing body that was so weird, that was so flagrantly salacious and bizarre, that I think it not only reassured American racing fans that Formula 1, yes, really is kind of weird.”
“Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.”
“Formula E is trying to do something totally different to F1. When the battery technology does improve, because of our championship, and it transcends into road cars, it will be cool to think that we have been at the very pinnacle of new technology and the future of the automotive industry.”
“Formula Factor Theory for Fulfillment is a tool of awareness. Once you begin to understand the process, it will come as naturally as putting one foot in front of the other. You will recognize signs of discomfort if your formula is off balance. You will feel less energized, more fatigued, less social, more introverted, less liberated, more stressed, and so forth. When we are doing more of what we love and less of what exhausts us, we feel more fulfilled, capable, alive, and invigorated. ”
Excerpt From: Sarah Voldeng. “The Art of an Enlightened Woman.” Apple Books.”
Source: The Art of an Enlightened Woman: A Manifesto
“Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine.”
“Formula for failure: Try to please everybody.”
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.”
“Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.”
“Formula for success: Underpromise and overachieve.”
“Formula One does very well. It is a very interesting asset. Could it be run in a different way? Sure it could be. Could it be improved? I'm sure it could. But all I can say is, it seems to do pretty well.”
“Formula One drivers were like gods to me, growing up.”
Source: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography
“Formula One gives a platform to companies like Rolex - and that's just in media space, watching television or reading newspapers, digital or physical. You see the brand in the context of the competition and bring it to the attention of everybody on a regular basis.”
“Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.”
“Formula One is a mind game, no question. You have to think so hard sometimes smoke comes out your ears! And if you don't keep your head in gear the car will overtake you”
“Formula One is definitely what I want to do. I would get back in the car today if I could.”
“Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.”
“Formula one is very one-dimensional in terms of what we do in the cockpit.”
“Formula One was a very dangerous sport. It still is dangerous. But the danger factor is also the exciting part.”
“Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.”
“Formula: Second Draft = First Draft minus 10%.”
“Formulate a specific game plan... the specific steps in making your intention come to life.”
“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking
“Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.”
“Fornication and adultery are a plague of the last days.”
“Fornication and adultery unleash destructive consequences into a person's life:
• Poverty;
• Lack of perception;
• Loss of respect and mutual acceptance;
• Children with shattered futures;
• Dullness of the senses and of the intellect;
• Deterioration of health.”
“Fornication deprives a person of his spiritual covering.”
“Fornication is a snare that a person sets for himself.”