Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Freedom must be gained step by step slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
In Los Angeles as I gained and lost celebrity then gained it again I often found myself wondering why I out of thousands like me had become famous.
The experience gathered from books though often valuable is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm grateful for being able to have that experience.
Experience comprises illusions lost rather than wisdom gained.
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient and in an immediate sense that's true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources.