“In the face of nature's overwhelming forces, humans needed a God who would protect them from harm. When they felt that they had broken the law or committed wrongdoing, people turned to a God who would judge them on the one hand and redeem their sins on the other. In this way, purely from slef-interest, the project of creating God in our own image proceeded--and continues to proceed.” PeopleWayHumansHandsFacesLawForceFeltInterestSinJudgingBrokenNeededProtectProjectsCreatingCommittedHarmOverwhelmingWrongdoingOverwhelming Force Author:Deepak Chopra
“The people of America are red, white, black, yellow, and all the shades in between. Their eyes are blue, black, and brown, and all the shades in between. Their hair is straight, curly, kinky, and most of it in between. They are tall and short, slim and fat, athletic and anaemic, and most of them in between. They are the different peoples of the world becoming more and more the "in between." They are a people creating a new bridge of mankind in between the past of narrow nationalistic chauvinism and the horizon of a new mankind--a people of the world. Their face is the face of the future.” PeopleWorldDifferentEyeAmericaPastFacesBlackWhiteMankindHairBecomingCreatingRedBlueFatsBridgesBrownTallHorizonShadeYellowAthleticDifferent PeoplesBecoming MoreSlimKinkyChauvinismNationalistic Book:Reveille for Radicals Source: Reveille for Radicals
“In Chaos Magic , beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize this is to face a terrible freedom in which nothing is true and everything is permitted, which is to say that everything is possible, there are no certainties , and the consequences can be ghastly.” EndsFacesBeliefRealizingMagicEffectsTerribleCreatingConsequenceToolsChaosCertaintyGhastly Book:Liber Kaos Source: Liber Kaos
“What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better future for our kids. I just think if the adults are always thinking about the world we want to leave for our kids, we're going to make the right choices every single time.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantKidsFacesChoicesChallengesSacrificeCreatingAdultsWorth ItBetter FutureAlways ThinkingRight ChoicesMake The Right ChoiceChallenges We Face Author:Michelle Obama
“Sometimes we ask ourselves 'Why?' Why do I continue to smile, to give, to live? Why do I continue to stand, despite the ferocity of the wind that keeps blowing, that keeps slapping against my face, creating a pressure that says 'fall'? Why I don't I listen to those who call me a fool because I continue to love despite my hurt? I don't know what tomorrow brings; I don't know if my troubles will seize or if my sorrows will continue. But this much I do know - I will continue to hold out, I will continue to press on, until my blessing comes.” IfsKnowsGivingSometimesMotivationalFacesFallAsksHurtTroubleWindFoolTomorrowSorrowBlessingCreatingPressurePressesDespiteCall MeMy BlessingFerocitySlappingTomorrow Brings Author:Shane Smith
“The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. It is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union.” CountryFacesOpportunityChallengesJusticePerfectSourceKeysCreatingInstitutionsUnionsCriminalsUsaTensionGapsSoleJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemRacial Tension Author:Barack Obama
“Doing voice work is more like recording music that people are going to listen to. You're creating an oral experience using whatever bells and whistles you have in your voice, and you can shut your eyes and use your imagination and nobody's going to see if the faces you make don't match the voices you make. That's a lot of fun.” PeopleIfsUseEyeFacesFunVoiceImaginationCreatingBellsRecording Music Author:Nick Offerman
“The meek are positive and often colorful characters. They are not self-assertive nor self-seeking, to be sure, but rather they are unselfish and uncomplaining, genuinely interested in the welfare of others, creating opportunities to be of service to them, submissive in the face of injuries and insults, silent in the accidents and adversities of life, and bearing with equanimity the infamies and injustices heaped upon them.” SelfCharacterFacesOpportunityCreatingAdversitySilentInjusticeSeekingAccidentsWelfareInsultInjuryColorfulMeekUnselfishEquanimitySubmissiveAssertiveInfamyCreating Opportunities Author:V. Raymond Edman
“Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.” FirstsProblemFacesPoliticianCreatingSolutionsSolution To A Problem Author:Walter E. Williams
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“Having the ability to be brutally honest with yourself is the greatest challenge you face when creating a business model. Too often we oversell ourselves on the quality of the idea, service, or product. We don't provide an honest assessment of how we fit in the market, why customers will buy from us, and at what price.” IdeasFacesChallengesAbilityQualityHonestProductsFitCreatingModelsCustomersAssessmentBusiness ModelsHonest With YourselfBrutally Honest Author:Mark Cuban
“There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it.” ShowsKidsSchoolFacesNamesGrowsGrowingMysteryMovementProduceCreatingAreasGardenLocalsMeatTrendsFarmsFarmersFrozenCafeteria Author:Eric Schlosser
“The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling Stones-styled groove, as their excellent version of 'Memphis' proves.” PlayFacesProveCreatingStonesVersionsExcellentSixtyRollingCompetentRolling StonesGrooveMemphis Author:Jon Landau
“When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that's what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.” SelfFacesMovingLife IsChallengesLessonsCreatingBest WorkDoing Your BestBest Self Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.” IfsThinkingLooksTwoIdeasFacesChoicesBrainSpecialEventsCreatingSolutionsOrganizationInstitutionsSparksDedicatedNew IdeasSpecial Events Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?” PeopleKnowsFeelsHelpingDreamFacesPayAchieveCreatingPressureImpactWinterMindsetHelping OthersChampionAmerican HistoryOlympianPositive ImpactPay It Forward Author:Apolo Ohno
“It made Fire so angry, the thought of such a medicine, a violence done to herself to stop her from creating anything like herself. And what was the purpose of these eyes, this impossible face, the softness and the curves of this body, the strength of this mind; what was the point, if none of the men who desired her were to give her any babies, and all it ever brought her was grief? What was the purpose of a woman monster?” IfsMenGivingMindMadeDoneBodyEyeFacesPurposeGriefFireViolenceImpossibleBabyCreatingAngryMedicineMonstersCurvesSoftnessThese Eyes Book:Fire Source: Fire
“You have to be grateful to existence that it has chosen you to be a passage for a few beautiful children. But you are not to interfere in their growth, in their potential. You are not to impose yourself upon them. They are not going to live in the same times, they are not going to face the same problems. They will be part of another world. Don´t prepare them for this world, this society, this time, because then you will be creating troubles for them. They will find themselves unfit, unqualified.” WorldChildrenProblemBeautifulFacesGrowthExistenceTroubleThis WorldCreatingGratefulChosenPassagesInterfereBe GratefulAnother WorldThis SocietyUnqualified Author:Rajneesh
“It's all about the light. Always face it, because that's how you give your face good angles. If you're outside when the sun is overhead, you're going to have dark circles from the sun creating shadows on your face. So no outdoor pictures between 12 and two!” IfsGivingTwoLightFacesDarkSunCreatingShadowCirclesYour FaceAngleOverhead Author:Gisele Bundchen
“As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.” WayMightFacesCausesChurchCreatingResponsibleBeing Responsible Author:Tony Campolo