“An enlightened teacher teaches you how to gain power. They give you power. They teach you how to shape it so that it becomes an instrument of beauty and not an instrument of unhappiness.” GivingTeachTeacherShapesGainsInstrumentsEnlightenedMysticismUnhappinessGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“We all enter the world little plastic beings, with so much natural force, perhaps, but for the rest--blank; and the world tells uswhat we are to be, and shapes us by the ends it sets before us. To you it says--Work; and to us it says--Seem! To you it says--As you approximate to man's highest ideal of God, as your arm is strong and your knowledge great, and the power to labour is with you, so you shall gain all that human heart desires. To us it says--Strength shall not help you, nor knowledge, nor labour. You shall gain what men gain, but by other means. And so the world makes men and women.” MenWorldHumansHeartMeanLittlesEndsHelpingSeemsDesireStrongForceNaturalArmsShapesHighestMen And WomenGainsIdealsLabourPlasticBlankHuman HeartHearts Desire Book:The Story of an African Farm: A Novel Source: The Story of an African Farm: A Novel
“I'm always in this shape, that shape, whatever shape you like the most. I am always in various stages of shapes. If the woman needs to be more soft I'll gain weight and then I'll lose weight for another film that I did where I wanted her to be more wiry. I enjoy using my body as something that helps me get to a character.” IfsNeedsCharacterHelpingBodyWantedFilmEnjoyLosesStageShapesGainsWeightVariousHelp MeLose Weight Author:Sandra Bullock
“Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social realities over which they have less control and manage badly. Indeed, the annals of the famous and infamous are strewn with individuals who were both architects and victims of their life courses.” PeopleRealityCoursesIndividualSocialShapesFameGainsOvercomingVictimObstaclesManageRecognitionLive ByArchitectInfamousInsurmountable Author:Albert Bandura
“Complicated Grief was written in larger and more coherent (if disparate) shapes. The question was how they fit together. The mind is coherent, trust that was the best writing advice I ever got (I got it from Carole Maso and I pass it on). It's true, and clearer and clearer as one grows and gains an improved sense of who one actually is (as versus who one was supposed to be).” IfsWritingMindTogetherGrowsGriefWrittenAdviceFitShapesGainsComplicatedSupposed To BeVersusWriting AdviceComplicated Grief Author:Laura Mullen
“One cannot shape the world without being reshaped in the process. Each gain of power requires its own sacrifice.” WorldProcessSacrificeShapesGainsChaos Author:Phil Hine
“The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply want what most people want, to be judged by the quality of their skills, not by the color of their skin. But the black conservatives overlook the fact that affirmative action policies were political responses to the pervasive refusal of most white Americans to judge black Americans on that basis.” PeopleWantNeedsFactsActionPoliticalCertainBlackWhiteQualityPolicyColorJudgingShapesSkillsElementsGainsSkinsBasesRegardResponseJudgedPeersConservatismRefusalAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Cornel West
“What is it that dies? A log of wood dies to become a few planks. The planks die to become a chair. The chair dies to become a piece of firewood, and the firewood dies to become ash. You give different names to the different shapes the wood takes, but the basic substance is there always. If we could always remember this, we would never worry about the loss of anything. We never lose anything; we never gain anything. By such discrimination we put an end to unhappiness. (118-119)” IfsGivingDifferentEndsRememberDiesNamesLosesLossWorryPiecesShapesGainsWoodsDiscriminationSubstanceChairsUnhappinessAshesDifferent NamesFirewood Author:Swami Satchidananda
“A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So long as he does both he can create: for he is making an outline and a shape.” MenGivingLongDoeStillsBigsDealsFiveWifeMinutesShapesTenGiving UpGainsIntelligentWineIslamConfessionCreedsBig ThingsOutlines Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton