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Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Quotes ( Part 6 )

No life will be a failure; there is no such thing as failure in the universe. A hundred times man will hurt himself, a thousand times he will tumble, but in the end he will realize that he is God.

Religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas, nor in intellectual argumentation; il is being and becoming; it is realization.

Remember the words of Christ – ” Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” These words are literally true, not figures, or fiction.

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind,and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.

In life and in death, in happiness and in misery, the Lord is equally presents. The whole is full of the Lord. Open your eyes and see Him.

In worshiping God we have been always worshiping our own hidden Self.

Religion can be realized, Are you ready ? Do you want it? You will get the realization if you do. And then you will be truly religious. Until you have attained realization there is no difference between you and atheists. The atheists are sincere; but the man who say that he believes in religion and never attempts to realize it, is not sincere.

I accept all religions that were in the past, and worship with them all. I worship God with every one of them,in whatever form they worship Him. I shall go the mosque of the Mohammedan; I shall enter the Christian’s church and kneel before the crucifix; I shall enter the Buddhistic temple, where I shall take refuge in Buddha and in his Law; I shall go into the forest and sit down in meditation with the Hindu, who is trying to see the Light which enlightens the heart of everyone.

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Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
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Islam 101- Does Islam Promote Terrorism?

Islam has become a household word in the west today, yet not much is known about the beliefs of this great monotheistic world religion. In fact, it is the most misunderstood and often slandered religion in the world today. Unfortunately, the ones who bear the most responsibility for this sad state are the Muslims themselves, or at least people claiming to do things in the name of Islam which may or may not be “Islamic.” Let’s all do our part to speak up for Islam and not let these few people with their own political agendas continue to spread a false image of Muslims and Islam.

I think that the most compelling evidence for the truth of what Islam teaches is not going to be what this or that scholar says, but what the Qur’an and Hadith say regarding terrorism and war. The Qur’an is the primary source for Islam, it is the literal word of God as revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and has never had a single letter of the original Arabic script changed. The Hadith are the words of the prophet (PBUH) who is a human being. His words are inspired by God but the choices of words are his own. The hadith are the secondary source for Islam.

So, let’s look at the definition of terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. I think it’s important to note that terrorism is a heinous crime that has permeated our societies since the beginning of time. It is in no way an Islamic phenomenon although it is portrayed as such by the media today.

The people and property that terrorists target are almost always civilian. What does Islam say in regards to attacking civilians and their property? First, let’s look at a beautiful verse from the Qur’an, [Qur’an 5:32] “…anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people. And anyone who spares a life, it shall be as if he spared the lives of all the people. …” Definitely the civilians who are randomly targeted by terrorists are killed unjustly according to the Qur’an itself. And, as for these terrorists who target innocent civilians, it’s as if they are killing all of humanity, and they will have to answer to God for that on the Day of Judgment.

The Qur’an teaches that life is sacred; it states this in many passages in both direct and indirect ways. Life is a gift from God that only He can give and take. I will only quote one such verse due to the limitations of this short article. [Qur’an 6:151] “….You shall not kill – God has made life sacred – except in the course of justice. These are His commandments to you, that you may understand.”

In fact, we find that the Qur’an is quite explicit that we should be peaceful with those who are peaceful with us. [Quran 8:61] “If they resort to peace, so shall you, and put your trust in God. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.” And again, [Qur’an 4:90] “…. Therefore, if they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then God gives you no excuse to fight them.” So, we can plainly see from these texts that it is not permissible for an individual to unilaterally decide to attack innocent civilians who pose no threat to themselves, their families or their property.

Islam is a comprehensive religion that covers all aspects of human life, including war. However, there are very strict rules of warfare and distinct lines drawn between combatants and civilians. The prophet (PBUH) is recorded as saying, “Do not kill any old person, any child or any woman” (Abu Dawud). “Do not kill the monks in monasteries” or “Do not kill the people who are sitting in places of worship” (Musnad of Ibn Hanbal).

Furthermore, the first caliph Abu Bakr was the prophet’s closest friend and staunchest supporter. He gave the following advice to the leader of an army unit that was heading to Syria, and his advice was based on his knowledge of what the prophet (PBUH) taught: “Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy’s flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone.”

Not only are Muslims clearly instructed not to harm any innocent individuals, we are also clearly instructed not to harm the infrastructure and economy of any land. Clearly this is in stark contrast to the acts of the terrorists who purposely target the civilians and the economics of a country.

The last point that I would like to make is that Islam is clearly against suicide and hence suicide bombing. There are some Muslim scholars who use the example of battles where the army vowed to fight to their death as evidence that suicide bombings are allowed. However, that is a highly debatable point and I personally feel that we should look to the Qur’an for the answer rather than individual’s decrees. So, let’s see what the Qur’an has to say about suicide. [Qur’an 4:29-31] O you who believe! Do not eat up your wealth in vanities among yourselves. But let there be among yourselves trade conducted in mutual good will. Nor kill or destroy yourselves, for God has been most merciful to you. If any do that in rancor and injustice, soon shall we cast them into the fire, and that is easy for God. If you but avoid the most heinous of the things which are forbidden to do, we shall expel out of you all the evil in you and admit you to a gate of great honor.

So, when we look at the Qur’an and Hadith we see that terrorism is clearly forbidden in Islam. People who hijack airplanes and crash them into buildings are not martyrs in Islam, they are people who are hijacking our religion and killing many innocent people. That is not the way of Islam; Islam is fair and protects the lives and properties of innocent people. Just because somebody does something in the name of Islam doesn’t mean that the person is a Muslim or the act is Islamic. Please read the Qur’an so that you can find the truth for yourself. For a free copy of the Qur’an contact www.freequran.org and order one today!

Laura Cosse’
http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/islam-101-does-islam-promote-terrorism-291063.html

In the Bible: What Time the Star of Jesus Had Appeared?

This is a new series (1-32) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament says: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Verse No. 32 in the New Testament says: Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star (of Jesus) had appeared.

Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran says: and give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

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The verse No. 32 in the Old Testament is Genesis 2:1

The verse says: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Host in Bible versus Host in English Dictionary

The question is: What are these hosts?

The linguistics meanings of “Host”:

1- An army.

2- A great number; a multitude.

3- One who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.

4- A person who manages an inn or hotel.

5- One that furnishes facilities and resources for a function or event:

6- The emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.

7- In Biology: The animal or plant on which or in which another organism lives.

8- In Medicine: The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

9- In Computer Science: A computer containing data or programs that another computer can access by means of a network or modem.

10- Internet: To serve as host to or at;  web Hosting.

Which one (or more) of these meanings of “host” is applied to the verse to give a logic meaning for it?

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The verse No. 32 in the New Testament is Matthew 2:7

In the articles 26-31, Matthew 2:1-6 say:

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. He asked the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, where the Christ was to be born.

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

Then the verse, Matthew 2:7, says:

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star (of Jesus) had appeared.

But why Herod called the Magi secretly? Was he afraid of something?

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Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran is 2:25,

Chapter 2 is Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

The verse says: and give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

The meaning of verse 2:25:

Then Allah mentioned the favors enjoyed by the believers in Paradise, saying:

And give glad tidings unto those who believe in Muhammad and in the Quran and do good works of obedience that bind to their Lord; and it is also that this refers to doing any righteous deeds;

that theirs are Gardens beneath which, trees and habitations, rivers flow, rivers of wine, milk, honey and water; as often as they are provided with food, whenever they are fed in Paradise of the fruit thereof, with different kinds of fruit, they say: This is what was given us before, this is what we ate before, and it is given to them i.e. the food in resemblance, as far as the color is concerned but not the taste which is different. There for them in Paradise are pure spouses, pure from menses or any kind of filth, therein, in Paradise, forever they abide, dwelling forever: never to die or be banished from it.

In other words, the verse means:

And give good tidings to, inform, those who believe, who have faith in Allah, and perform righteous deeds, such as the obligatory and supererogatory rituals, that theirs shall be Gardens, of trees, and habitations, underneath which, that is, underneath these trees and palaces, rivers flow. Whensoever they are provided with fruits therefrom, that is, whenever they are given to eat from these gardens, they shall say, ‘This is what, that is, the like of what we were provided with before’, that is, before this, in Paradise, since its fruits are similar (and this is evidenced by [the following statement]): they shall be given it, the provision, in perfect semblance, that is, resembling one another in color, but different in taste; and there for them shall be spouses, of houris (one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims) and others, purified, from menstruation and impurities; therein they shall abide: dwelling therein forever, neither perishing nor departing therefrom.

It is said that there is no menstruation, filth and impurities in Paradise.  

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Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament, the New Testament in four different versions of the Bible; and in the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament

Genesis 2:1

New International Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

New American Standard Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.

English Standard Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

King James Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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Verse No. 32 in the New Testament

Matthew 2:7

New International Version:

7] Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

New American Standard Version:

7] Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.  

English Standard Version:

7] Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.

King James Version:

7] Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.  

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Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2:25

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: bear glad tidings to those who believe and do good works. they shall live in gardens underneath which rivers flow. whenever they are given fruit as provision they will say: ‘this is what we were given before, ‘ for they shall be given in resemblance. therein they shall have pure spouses, and shall live there for ever.

SHAKIR: and convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they shall be given a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: this is what was given to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide

PICKTHAL: and give glad tidings (o muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

YUSUFALI: but give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is gardens, beneath which rivers flow. every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: “why, this is what we were fed with before,” for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/mysticism-articles/in-the-bible-what-time-the-star-of-jesus-had-appeared-686546.html

In the Bible: God Created the Great Sea Monsters and Every Winged Bird

This is a new series (1-21) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 21 in the Old Testament says: And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.  

Verse No. 21 in the New Testament says: She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins

Verse No. 21 in the Noble Quran says: when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘we, too believe. ‘ but when they are alone with their devils, they say to them: ‘we follow none but you, we were only mocking.: 

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The verse No. 21 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:21

The verse continues talking about the creation of the heavens and the earth, it says: And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

In this verse, God created the great sea monsters like the huge whales and

God created every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed.

In other words, God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moves, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

Herein, it is clear that the bible states that every living creature that moves was created in the waters (waters herein refer to the Seas).  Were the animals like lions, elephants, tigers etc. created in waters (the Seas ) like the great sea monsters?

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The verse No. 21 in the New Testament is Matthew 1:21

In the articles 18-20, Saint Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant and because he was a righteous and a jut man and unwilling to put her to shame, he did not want to expose her to public disgrace. So, he decided to divorce Saint Mary!

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

In verse Matthew 1:21, the angel continues saying to Joseph:

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins

On the other hand, the Muslims’ faith about Saint Mary, peace be upon her; is that

She lived and died as a “Pure, Untouched, and an Outstanding Virgin Woman”. although the Bible  insists that she was pledged to be married to Joseph, then she married him and then she had babies from him and then those babies are the brothers of God!

The linguistics meaning of the name Jesus

Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior,  In Hebrew the name “Jesus” means “the Lord saves.”  Also, Jesus means God is help

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Verse No. 21 in the Noble Quran is 2:14,

Chapter 2 is Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

Verses 2:8-20 are talking about the hypocrites

Verse 2:8 (See article 15) states that the hypocrites say: ‘we believe in Allah and the last day, ‘ yet they are not believers.

Verse 2:9 (See article 16) says: They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none save themselves; but they perceive not.

Verse 2:10 (See article 17) says: “There is a sickness in their (the hypocrites) hearts which Allah has increased; for them there is a painful punishment because they lie.”

Verse 2:11 (See article 18) says: when it is said to them: Do not corrupt in the land;  they (the hypocrites) say: we are only reformers.

Verse 2:12 (See article 19) says: are not they indeed the mischief-makers? but they perceive not.

The verse 2:13 says: and when it is said to them: believe as the people believe they say: shall we believe as the fools believe? now surely they themselves are the fools, but they do not know

The verse 2:14 continues talking about the hypocrites; and says: when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘we, too believe. ‘ but when they are alone with their devils, they say to them: ‘we follow none but you, we were only mocking

The meaning of verse 2:14

And when the hypocrites fall in with those who believe, they say: We too believe deep in our hearts and are genuine in our faith just as you believe deep in your hearts and are genuine in your faith; but when they go apart to their devils, to their soothsayers and leaders, they declare to their leaders: Lo! We are with you, we follow your religion in secret; surely we did but mock Muhammad and his Companions.

In other words, When they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We believe’; but when they go apart, away from them and return, to their devils, their leaders, they say, ‘We are with you, in religion; we were only mocking, them [the believers] by feigning belief.

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Verse No. 21 in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Noble Quran in Four different Translation

Verse No. 21 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:21

New International Version:

21] So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

New American Standard Version:

21] God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

English Standard Version:

21] So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

King James Version:

21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Verse No. 21 in the New Testament

Matthew 1:21

New International Version:

21] She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

New American Standard Version:

21] She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

English Standard Version:

21] She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

King James Version:

21] And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

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Verse No. 21 in the Noble Quran is Chapter 2:14,

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW), 2:14

QARIB: when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘we, too believe. ‘ but when they are alone with their devils, they say to them: ‘we follow none but you, we were only mocking

SHAKIR: and when they meet those who believe, they say: we believe; and when they are alone with their shaitans, they say: surely we are with you, we were only mocking

PICKTHAL: and when they fall in with those who believe, they say: we believe; but when they go apart to their devils they declare: lo! we are with you; verily we did but mock.

YUSUFALI: when they meet those who believe, they say: “we believe;” but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: “we are really with you: we (were) only jesting.”

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/in-the-bible-god-created-the-great-sea-monsters-and-every-winged-bird-672400.html

How would your religion or faith system be effected by the discovery of life on other planets?

Suppose we confirmed that there is life elsewhere in the Universe, other than on planet Earth…

How would your faith system respond to this information? Does your religion presuppose that we are alone in the Universe?

And how would your faith system or religion be effected or changed by such a discovery?

I don’t think mine would change. Some of us already believe in life in another universe anyway.

What is the difference between a cult and a religion?

First of all I do not want to offend anyone however I would like to know. For example people say Scientology is both or just one.

Some of you may say religion is true however there are many religions.
Some of you may say religion has a deity but some religions don’t.
Some may say the age but there are some cults older than religions.
Many cults are old and the creators are long dead

I’ve always been partial with the suggestion is "Political Power".

Read the anti-Cult comments written by Plinny the Younger. What was considered a cult then is now a recognised multi-sect Faith.

Anyone wanna guess which one?
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Everyday Spirituality

Everyday spirituality is found within all of us.  From your first day on this earth you have been influenced by the ideas of society telling you what kind of person you should be.  These ideas and life events molded and shaped you into who you are today.   Your inner spirit has taken a back seat crowded out by all these ideas and notions of who you are and how to live your life. 

Seeing Spirituality Everyday
Look past the physical, look beyond it into each individual’s spiritual center.  Use your awareness to recognize it in all beings.  The best way to begin is to set the mood by just think of the people and things that make you happy:

• your loved ones
• the sounds of happy children 
• the sounds of nature on a quiet spring day
• a neighborly act of kindness
• a peaceful time for meditatiom
• reading a good book or inspirational story 
• listening to your favorite music

 You can and will experience an “aaah haaa” moment when you come to rediscover your own inner spirituality and that of the world around you.   If you recognize all the good in your life and give it attention and recognition you will experience the spirituality that surrounds you everyday.

Spirituality is all around you, what is spirituality?  I like this definition of spirituality: “Spirituality is that which relates to or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.”  Spirituality touches that part of you that is not dependant on material things or physical comforts.

You can bring spirituality into your everyday life.  You can find it in everyone you encounter and everywhere you go.  We are all spiritual beings deep within, if you look beyond the trappings of this material world.  If you do this you will see spirituality in your everyday life.

Build Your Awareness of Everyday Spirituality

Make a note to yourself that as you go through everyday tasks and events you will remember to find the spiritual aspects of whatever it is you are doing.  Bring your awareness into the here and now, you are not thinking ahead or thinking of what has past, you are in the moment.  Practicing being completely in the moment is an excellent way to build your awareness of spirit.

Choosing to see the good in all people and things is the way to tune into your spirit within.  You will no doubt encounter people that make it difficult to recognize their inner spirit.   Everyone has a spiritual center; it is just that some are not ready to open to that part of their being yet.  But your recognition of it and the way you treat that individual can help open that door for them if only a little bit, you have made a difference in that person’s life.

Listen to the voice within the voice of your inner spirit and it will guide you to take right action every time.

Live Your Best Life Now!

Make today a new beginning live in and through your spiritual center.  Remember the small things in life that truly make you smile.  When you find yourself in a negative frame of mind just recall the things that make you happy.  The positive events and people in your life will help diminish the affects of that negativity.

It is not an easy task but with practice it will become second nature and you will gain so much.  Your life will start to evolve into the life you’ve dreamed of.  Take one step at a time build your awareness of everyday spirituality by recognizing it in the people and things around you. 

Start living your best life now, start recognizing the spirit in you, and the spirituality that surrounds you.

http://www.livingwordsofwisdom.com

http://www.livingwordsofwisdom.com/the-voice-within.html

Shirley Marotta
http://www.articlesbase.com/spirituality-articles/everyday-spirituality-730244.html

Spirituality – Creating Connections Beyond the Physical

Spirituality – Creating Connections Beyond the Physical

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Spirituality refers to a person’s perspective on the world and the nature of existence. This concept is frequently tied to religious faith, but spiritual belief can exist without reference to a higher deity. A person’s spiritual beliefs extend beyond time and matter. They encompass philosophical ideas beyond the material, worldly realm. However, this is inevitably a subjective realm. Spirituality is an individual perspective, which each person must define for his or her own self.

Ultimately, spirituality refers to a perceived connection. This connection can take many forms. For some, spirituality means connecting with the natural world. Such persons believe their lives and purpose as intricately tied to the Earth. Other spiritual views center on a connection to a metaphysical realm. This may refer to a religious ideology or a transcendent emotional experience. Manifestations of such spiritual belief are often associated with meditation or other altered mental states. Some simply refer to spirituality as a connection to a greater energy force. This force can either exist within an individual or in some external realm the individual seeks to enter.

There are several common elements of spirituality, which exist across numerous cultures and belief systems. For example, the idea that each person travels a spiritual path to reach some enlightened or perfected status is accepted by many traditions. To succeed on this philosophical journey, a person must follow certain behavioral norms and adhere to a moral code. Additionally, many believe the spiritual world can only be reached after some break with the physical world. Thus, common spiritual practices include the symbolic or literal disposal of material possessions and worldly ties.

For some, spirituality is also inherently tied to physical wellbeing. In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that spiritual practices, such as meditation or prayer, can influence a person’s health. However, due to its esoteric nature, spirituality seems beyond empirical study. Thus, spiritual issues do not often mesh with scientific discovery. However, this has not stopped some researchers from attempting to reconcile the two. Most notably, perhaps, is Ken Wilber who proposed the “Integral Theory of Consciousness,” which seeks to explain the universe through both the scientific principles of physics and spiritualism.

Some researchers have moved beyond human spirituality and sought to uncover whether animals have spiritual experiences. Most notably, studies of chimpanzees have shown that these primates participate in displays of mourning, love, empathy, and curiosity. This indicates they are capable of “higher” emotions, and could possess some level of spirituality. Building on this information, researchers have suggested that human spirituality began prior to the evolution of modern, homo sapien man.

Spirituality is something that each and every human experiences on some level. It can not be strictly defined or studies. However, it has fascinated people for millennia and continues to play an integral role in the human experience.

John W. Martin
http://www.articlesbase.com/spirituality-articles/spirituality-creating-connections-beyond-the-physical-698687.html

La Politique Vaticane !

A la suite du fameux discours de Benoît XVI, à Ratisbonne, dans lequel il blasphéma carrément et intentionnellement l’Islam, la déclaration du Concile Vatican II, intitulée Nostra aetate (1965), a été brandit à la une, un peu partout, à commencer par le Vatican lui-même, pour calmer les tentions, de part et d’autre, et pour prouver le ” respect ” que voue le Vatican à l’égard des musulmans!

En fait, peu nombreux sont ceux qui connaissent le texte de cette déclaration, surtout la partie concernant l’Islam. C’est pourquoi il nous a semblé opportun de placer ce texte à la lumière, de le voir de près, afin de mettre en plein jour l’attitude double face des tenants de l’église catholique apostolique et romane… La Déclaration en soi s’étend sur quatre pages, le troisième décret, concernant les musulmans, comprend deux paragraphes, répartis en dix-neuf lignes, comme suit :

La religion musulmane :

3 – L’Eglise regarde aussi avec estime les musulmans, qui adorent le Dieu Un, vivant et subsistant, miséricordieux et tout-puissant, Créateur du ciel et de la terre, qui a parlé aux hommes. Ils cherchent à se soumettre de toute leur âme aux décrets de Dieu, même s’ils sont cachés, comme s’est soumis à Dieu Abraham, auquel la foi musulmane se réfère volontiers. Bien qu’ils ne reconnaissent pas Jésus comme Dieu, ils le vénèrent comme prophète ; ils honorent sa mère virginale, Marie, et parfois même l’invoquent avec piété. De plus, ils attendent le jour du jugement, où Dieu rétribuera tous les hommes ressuscités. Aussi ont-ils en estime la vie morale et rendent-ils un culte à Dieu, surtout par la prière, l’aumône et le jeûne.

Si, au cours des siècles, de nombreuses dissensions et inimitiés se sont manifestées entre les chrétiens et le musulmans, le Concile les exhorte tous à oublier le passé et à s’efforcer sincèrement à la compréhension mutuelle, ainsi qu’à protéger et à promouvoir ensemble, pour tous les hommes, la justice sociale, les valeurs morales, la paix et la liberté (p. 29).

Nul n’ignore que le Concile Vatican II constitue l’événement le plus important de la vie de l’église au XXe siècle. Contrairement à tous les conciles précédents, convoqués pour faire face à de sérieux problèmes, représentant de vrais dangers pour le statut même de l’Eglise, puisqu’ils étaient des menaces théologiques venant de l’intérieur ou de l’extérieur, ce Concile Vatican II est considéré comme le premier concile offensif dans l’histoire de l’Eglise, puisqu’il décida la christianisation du monde d’une façon irrévocable. Parmi les quinze documents décrétés de 1964 à 1965, l’avant dernier en date est celui qui nous intéresse ici, le : “Nostra aetate”, signé le 28/10/1965. Le texte final et les procès verbaux se trouvent dans le livre édité sous le titre de : Vatican II, les relations de l’église avec les religions non chrétiennes, aux éditions du Cerf, en 1966, et fait parti des textes vaticanais Unam Sanctam, N° 61. Le livre de 335 pages, est divisé en trois parties, plus les annexes. La partie concernant les musulmans occupe les pages de 200 à 236. Elle est rédigée par le père Robert Caspar, professeur de théologie musulmane à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes, à Rome, consulteur du Secrétariat pour les non chrétiens. Pendant le Concile, il était membre de la sous-commission pour l’Islam.

En lisant ces 36 pages concernant l’élaboration du texte, on ne peut éliminer un certain dégoût par rapport à ce parti pris obstiné, pour ne pas dire malhonnête, des révérends pères, qui s’ingénièrent à éliminer l’Islam en tant que Religion monothéiste, venant rectifier les déviations commises dans les deux Révélations précédentes. Le père Caspar commence par souligner l’atmosphère générale dans laquelle se déroulaient les sessions : “il faut d’abord reconnaître, dit-il, que les religions non chrétiennes tiennent une place infime dans les préoccupations des évêques et des organismes consultés (…) les évêques des pays de mission parlent longuement des problèmes missionnaires, peu des religions non chrétiennes en tant que religions, et presque pas de l’Islam. On est un peu surpris de constater le silence total des Eglises orientales sur ce sujet, auquel elles sont affrontées quotidiennement “, (p. 201, 202). Il est triste de voir que la seule obstination de ces respectables pères est s’occuper de s’occuper de l’évangélisation du monde, malgré l’écriteau ébranlé si haut annonçant la liberté de conscience ou de confession !

D’un autre coté, inutile d’ouvrir des parenthèses pour souligner le parti pris nauséabond de ces révérends pères, et surtout l’attitude de ceux qui représentent les Eglises orientales, i-e. : les minorités chrétiennes vivant parmi les musulmans et leur manque de probité à l’égard du pays qui les héberge, le texte est assez clair…

Le père Caspar commence par résumer les différents points de vue dégagés des premières discussions, qu’il ramène à deux principales idées à prendre en considération : ” L’Islam est une erreur absolue qu’il faut réfuter, un danger pour l’Eglise qu’il faut combattre. La seconde, reconnaît dans l’Islam des lumières de vérités et des analogies avec le Christianisme qu’il faut développer”, (p. 202) (c’est nous qui soulignons le long de texte). C’est le patriarche Maximos IV qui fit remarquer : “qu’on ne pouvait parler des juifs sans parler des autres religions, et surtout l’Islam” (p. 203). Il serait peut-être utile de rappeler, ici, qu’une des principales raisons pour la convocation de ce Concile était les déroutantes concessions présentées aux juifs ou imposées par eux, même au détriment des textes sacrés, et comment les faire avaler par les adeptes ! Bref, c’est au cours de l’intersession de 1964 que les premières initiatives concernant l’Islam furent prises, pour introduire dans les textes un paragraphe sur les musulmans.

Un texte préliminaire comprenait la phrase suivante : “Ne sont pas non plus étrangers à la Révélations faite aux Pères les fils d’Ismaël qui, reconnaissant Abraham pour père, croient au Dieu d’Abraham”. Une note devait préciser que ces “fils d’Ismaël” étaient les musulmans… Mais le vote sur le texte contenant le passage sur les “fils d’Ismaël” rencontra une forte opposition. Et le père Caspar d’expliquer : “Que s’était-il passé ? De l’examen des modi, il ressort que le texte proposé, malgré sa modération ( “ne sont pas étrangers à la Révélation faite aux Pères” ), pouvait faire préjuger de la solution de questions difficiles et fort débattues, comme la filiation historique des Arabes à partir d’Ismaël, et surtout le rattachement de l’Islam à la Révélation biblique” (p. 205).

Après de longs débats, votes, et rejets, le père Caspar démontre que le texte original de quelque lignes, consacré aux musulmans, fut considérablement augmenté : “il dégage les traits majeurs du culte musulman et invite à l’oubli des dissensions du passé, au dialogue et à la collaboration entre chrétiens et musulmans pour le bien commun de l’humanité” (p. 206). Il fut voté par 1910 placet et 189 non placet.

Dans la deuxième partie de son texte, le père parle de la place de l’Islam dans l’histoire du salut, et, chemin faisant, dit comment la Déclaration insère l’Islam entre les grandes religions asiatiques, qui sont nées sans contact avec le Christianisme (…) La Déclaration ne dit rien du statut religieux de l’Islam par rapport à la révélation judéo-chrétienne (…) Nous avons dit que le Concile avait rejeté une première formulation qui suggérait, quoique discrètement, un lien entre la “Révélation faite aux père” et l’Islam (p. 213 ). Evitant de prendre position sur cette question, le texte situe l’Islam au premier rang des religions monothéistes non judéo-chrétiennes. Et le gentil père d’ajouter : “Il importe de bien voir ce que le Concile veut dire, ce qu’il ne veut pas dire et pour quelles raisons il le fait” !… ( id. ).

Dans la seconde division de son texte (la partie B), le père Caspar parle du monothéisme musulman et se lance dans une sorte d’explication de texte, du choix des termes, pour le texte final de la Déclaration. Il est décevant et révoltant à la fois de voir comment chaque mot est choisi avec suspicion et parcimonie, comment le choix des attributs de Dieu a été fait avec malice et hypocrisie : ” Ainsi, le Concile a décrit le Dieu de l’Islam en choisissant des traits essentiels à la foi musulmane et analogues à ceux du Dieu du Christianisme. D’autres traits auraient pu accuser les différences au lieu des analogies ” (p. 219).

Poursuivant son explication de texte, le père Caspar attire l’attention sur le fait que la Déclaration “situe Abraham, non pas comme ancêtre généalogique des arabes musulmans, mais comme type et modèle de la foi musulmane pour sa soumission à la volonté de Dieu ” (p. 221).

Si le lecteur récapitule le texte de cette Déclaration, qu’il peut relire à la première page de cet article, il notera bien les points suivants :

• Le mot ” Islam ” ne figure point dans ce texte !

• L’Eglise regarde aussi les musulmans “avec estime” … : elle ne les reconnaît pas en tant qu’adeptes de la troisième et dernière Révélation monothéiste, elle les regarde, entre tant d’autres objets existants sur terre, il est vrai, avec estime !

• Le Dieu que les musulmans adorent “a parlé aux hommes”, c’est-à-dire qu’il n’a pas parlé, tout particulièrement, au prophète Mohammad !

• L’obstination préméditée à éloigner la filiation historique des Arabes à partir d’Ismaël ! On ne peut s’empêcher de demander ici : est-ce que le texte de l’Ancien Testament a disparu de sur terre, c’est pourquoi les pauvres pères, réunis pour la formulation de cette déclaration, ne connaissent pas l’histoire du Christianisme, son rapport et ses liens de parenté avec l’Islam et les musulmans ?! Et pourtant, c’est de l’Histoire vécue, prouvée en toutes lettres dans les documents et les références !

• La foi musulmane “se réfère volontiers à Abraham”… se réfère et n’en découle pas directement ! C’est vraiment honteux de voir se maintenir cette obstination sans vergogne !

• Le ridicule acharnement pour éloigner le rattachement de l’Islam à la Révélation biblique, malgré toutes les allusions qui se trouvent encore dans la Bible, Ancien et Nouveau Testaments même après les innombrables changements et rectifications, pour ne pas dire contrefaçons, que prouve magistralement Joseph Wheless dans l’ouvrage qui a pour titre : ” Forgery in Christianity, et c’est un juriste qui parle !

• La grande fraude historique d’insérer l’Islam parmi les grandes religions asiatiques qui sont nées sans contact avec le Christianisme ! La fraude est tellement flagrante aux yeux de quiconque connaît un tout petit peu d’histoire qu’il est inutile de commenter… Si ces pauvres pères ne savent pas la différence géographique qu’il y a entre l’Asie, l’Arabie ou la Palestine, à quoi peut-on s’attendre de leur part ?!

Il est choquant et décevant à la fois de voir la ténacité avec laquelle ces révérends pères s’obstinent à frauder, à dénaturer les faits historiques, et surtout à se baser sur ces fraudes pour porter des jugements, prescrire des comportements, ou imposer des résolutions ! De même, il est étonnant de les voir s’accorder pour dire que les musulmans ” ont en estime la vie morale ” ! S’ils s’étaient enquéris sur le vrai contenu du Qur’ân, ils auraient eu comme réponse cette fameuse thèse de Doctorat, de 770 pages, soutenue à la Sorbonne en 1951, présentée par M. A. Draz, ayant pour titre: La Morale du Coran. (Nous maintenant l’orthographe distordue du mot Coran tel qu’il figure sur le titre). C’est pour dire à quel point la Morale fait non seulement partie intégrante du Qur’ân, mais qu’elle est un de ses principaux pivots qui englobe et règlemente la vie de chaque musulman dans tous les domaines, même dans celui de la guerre : à savoir, le musulman n’a pas le droit de commencer une attaque ; répondre, oui, et au même degré de l’attaque, pas plus. Les textes sont là pour celui qui veut voir clair, sans distorsion. Il est donc ridicule de lire que les musulmans prennent la morale en estime !

Quant aux ” dissensions et inimitiés ” qui se sont élevées entre chrétiens et musulmans, il est prouvé dans les sources des auteurs chrétiens, que l’Islam a été combattu, dès ses primes débuts, comme étant une des ” hérésies ” qui refusaient la déification de Jésus. Dés les premiers jours, l’Islam a été dépeint par les auteurs chrétiens sous des traits grossiers, critiques, qui le noircissent outrancièrement. Jean Damascène, dans la première moitié du VIIIe. siècle, assimilait déjà l’Islam à un mouvement hérétique très proche de l’arianisme. Au milieu du siècle suivant, la Chronologie de Théophane dit ” qu’en l’année 622 était mort un faux prophète issu de la famille d’Ismaël ” (Philippe Sénac, l’Image de l’autre, p. 30). Et à la page 97 d’ajouter : ” Le prophète de l’Islam ne sera désormais évoqué qu’en référence avec l’Antéchrist. Au milieu du XIIe. siècle déjà, saint Bernard prêchant la deuxième croisade avait souligné que l’heure de l’avènement de l’Antéchrist était proche et que les Sarrasins (i-e. les Musulmans) qui menaçaient Jérusalem n’étaient autres que les armées du prince des ténèbres assemblées pour le combat final “. C’est bien triste, hélas, de voir les “saints” tomber dans la fraude et la falsification de l’histoire, il n’est pas le seul, ce père Bernard, mais le plus triste est que ces fraudes continuent encore et avec plus de persistance et de rage!

Est-il lieu d’ajouter, comme le dit justement le père Caspar (p. 209), après avoir passé en revu les hostilités et les controverses apologétiques, que “durant les deux derniers siècles, l’Occident chrétien passe à l’offensive (de laquelle il ne s’était jamais démentie, ajoutons-nous) et occupe la plupart des pays musulmans, sous forme de colonisation directe ou de protectorat (…) Les chrétiens d’Orient, vivant en symbiose au moins partielle avec les musulmans, se révèlent incapables de saisir ce qui fait l’essence et la grandeur de l’Islam : la transcendance du Dieu unique. Dans l’Occident chrétien, ce fut bien pire. Pendant des siècles, on se contenta de colporter sur l’Islam et son fondateur les légendes les plus absurdes, sans même se donner la peine de se renseigner sur leur doctrine “. Inutile d’ajouter que même le cher pape Benoît XVI, malgré toute sa carrière d’érudit, n’est pas arrivé à saisir la grandeur de la transcendance du Dieu unique de l’Islam et trouve qu’elle ne s’accorde pas avec la raison et la logique !!!

Là on ne peut que se demander pourquoi fomenter et maintenir tant de haine à l’égard de l’Islam et des musulmans? Pourquoi cette attitude double face, surtout lorsqu’on la compare avec les concessions vaticanaises à l’égard des Juifs ? Et que dire du fait d’insister avec un tel acharnement à éliminer l’Islam en tant que Religion monothéiste? Et pourtant l’Histoire est si simple, si claire, malgré les contrefaçons.

Si nous faisons table rase de tous les détails, en survolant les siècles, pour présenter l’histoire du monothéisme, en quelques mots, nous trouverons que : Le monothéisme a été Révélé au prophète Moïse, puis les juifs reprirent le veau et tuèrent les prophètes. Jésus, le prophète, reçut la deuxième Révélation tout en précisant qu’il na été envoyé que pour les brebis perdues de la maison d’Israël (Mt. 15 : 24). Au début du quatrième siècle, en 325, les tenants de l’Eglise catholique déifièrent Jésus, puis formèrent le dogme de la Trinité et l’imposèrent, nonobstant textes et vérités historiques, tombant ainsi dans le polythéisme. C’est pourquoi eut lieu la troisième et dernière Révélation au prophète Muhammad. Sa mission étant de ramener les brebis perdues des deux révélations précédentes, et toute l’humanité, vers le droit chemin du vrai Monothéisme, du Dieu Un. C’est ce qui est clairement dit dans l’attestation de foi islamique : ” Il n’y a de dieu que Dieu “, point de personne déifié, point de Trinité. C’est là qu’est mise en évidence toute la transcendance du Dieu Un, du Dieu Unique, du Dieu auquel rien ne Lui ressemble.

Contrairement à ce que dit la fameuse déclaration vaticane sur les décrets cachés de l’Islam, la clarté des prescriptions divines islamiques, scrupuleusement gardées intactes, revient au fait qu’il n’y a point d’ “alchimie” imposée par un obscurantisme quelconque, point de messianisme, point d’histoire “organisée”, remaniée, réajustée ou manipulée, point de messie, de médiateur ou de médiation ourdie, point de rédempteur ou de rédemption inventée de toute pièce ! Rien de toutes ces machinations ecclésiastiques. Rien qu’un simple choix à faire entre le bien et le mal, entre le licite et l’illicite, entre un chemin de rectitude, nettement prescrit, et une tortuosité louvoyante. Un choix perpétuel que doit faire chacun des êtres humains, et qui le place tout seul, face à son Créateur, n’ayant que ses propres actions, délibérément choisies, pour passer son examen du Jugement Dernier. Tel est l’Islam.

Cette simple clarté des prescriptions divines islamiques, cet humanisme profond et équitable, fit qu’en douze ans, de 633 à 645, la Mésopotamie, la Palestine, la Syrie et l’Egypte ont connu la délivrance des persécutions fanatiques, grâce à l’Islam et grâce aux musulmans. C’est ce qui confirme et donne crédit au phénomène de l’expansion de l’Islam, qui demeure un des faits les plus marquants et les plus constants de l’histoire du monde, depuis le premier tiers du VIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours.

De même, si nous passons aussi brièvement à l’histoire des textes sacrés, que verrons-nous ? Les textes Hébraïques ont été brûlés avec le Temple, cinq siècles av. J.-C., puis c’est le prophète Ezra qui les a écrits de mémoire, deux ou trois siècles plus tard. Leur rédaction finale n’eut lieu qu’au dixième siècle ap. J.-C. ! Les textes du Nouveau Testament ont été rédigés dans la deuxième moitié du deuxième siècle, par des auteurs inconnus et non par les noms sous lesquels ils sont connus. C’est le fameux saint Jérôme qui fit le choix parmi plus d’une cinquantaine d’évangiles. La lettre/préface qu’il adresse au pape Damase, qui lui a demandé de faire ce travail, est fort révélatrice sur toutes les manipulations qui eurent lieu dans ce Nouveau Testament (cf. éd. Bénédictine, 1693). D’ailleurs ce n’est pas sans raison que dans les années 1970, l’Encyclopédie Britannique parlait de 150.000 contradictions, non-concordances et fautes de traduction. Chiffre qui a été doublé par les nouvelles recherches effectuées sur ces textes. En fait, il n’existe aucun document original ni dans la langue de Jésus, ni de son époque : ce sont toutes des traductions copiées sur des copies copiées et recopiées. A quoi il faut ajouter le remaniement des textes et des dogmes, d’un Concile à l’autre, ou d’une édition à l’autre. Par contre, il est partout reconnu et prouvé que le texte du Qur’ân est le seul texte sacré qui soit gardé intact depuis sa Révélation jusqu’à nos jours, et le restera jusqu’à la fin des temps…

Bien avant le siècle des Lumières, en un temps où presque personne ne savait encore ce qui se passait dans les coulisses de cette institution ecclésiastique, le Qur’ân dénie la crucifixion de Jésus, dénie la déification de Jésus, réfute la Trinité, et signale toutes sortes de manipulations des textes. Ce qui a été clairement prouvé, surtout le long du vingtième siècle, et bien avant… De sorte que ces connaissances devinrent matières de dictionnaires, même scolaires, comme le petit Larousse. Et c’est justement ces vérités là qui suscitent cette sourde haine des tenants de l’Eglise. Nous citons donc à titre d’exemples :

• Et en raison de leurs dires : “C’est nous qui avons tué le Messie, Jésus fils de Marie, le Messager d’Allah”. Ils ne l’ont point tué, et ils ne l’ont point crucifié, mais il leur sembla. Certes, ceux qui divergèrent à son sujet doutent de cela : ils n’en ont aucune connaissance, sauf que de suivre la conjecture. En toute certitude, ils ne l’ont point tué (Al-Nissâ, 157).

• O gens du Livre, n’exagérez pas dans votre religion et ne dites sur Allah que la Vérité. Le Messie, Jésus fils de Marie, n’est que le Messager d’Allah et Sa Parole, qu’Il Projeta à Marie, et un esprit de Sa Création. Croyez donc en Allah et en Ses Messagers. Ne dites point : “Trois”. Finissez-en, c’est meilleur pour vous. Certes, Allah est un Dieu Unique. Gloire à Lui qu’Il Ait un fils ! (…) (Al-Nissâ, 171).

• Ne confondez pas le Vrai avec le faux, et ne taisez pas la Vérité alors que vous savez (Al-Baqara, 42).

• Alors ceux qui ont été injustes falsifièrent des paroles, autres que ce qui leur a été dit. Alors Nous Fîmes Descendre sur ceux qui ont été injustes, un supplice du ciel, en raison de ce qu’ils pervertissaient (Al-Baqara, 59).

• Vous attendez-vous donc à ce qu’ils vous croient, alors qu’un groupe d’entre eux : ils entendaient les paroles d’Allah puis les falsifiaient après les avoir raisonnées, en le sachant ? (Al-Baqara, 75)

A noter que partout, dans le Qur’ân, Jésus est appelé : ” Jésus fils de Marie ” pour réfuter cette hérésie qui fait de lui ” un fils de Dieu ” ou un Dieu !

Là on ne peut que se demander avec amertume : deux milles ans d’histoire sanglante et de guerres acharnées, pour s’imposer avec une telle tyrannie, n’ont-ils pas suffit à l’Eglise Vaticane pour comprendre qu’elle n’est pas sur le droit chemin ?! Au lieu de s’ingénier à calfater fraudes, contrefaçons et falsifications, pour évangéliser le monde, pour christianiser le monde, surtout après tout ce que les nouveaux travaux de recherches ont mis en plein jours, d’où les quelques bribes de données citées dans cet article, n’est-il pas plus humain et plus logique de laisser les gens en paix, et de se consacrer à éliminer tous les maux de la terre, toutes ces épidémies, toutes ces famines, toutes ces ruines, et tous ces drames naturels ou provoqués, qui menacent la Vie sur Terre, sans forcément la christianiser ?! Les milliards de dollars inutilement ou bêtement dépensés pour l’évangélisation du monde, aideraient énormément à alléger ou à améliorer le triste sort qui nous attend à tous …

En terminant, nous reprenons cette méchante et injuste phrase, mais combien révélatrice, qualifiant l’Islam de ” terreur absolue qu’il faut réfuter, un danger pour l’Eglise qu’il faut combattre “, pour demander à cette fameuse institution vaticane, vraiment et honnêtement, laquelle des deux Religions est une terreur absolue pour la terre, un danger qu’il faut combattre : Ce Christianisme vaticanais, obstiné, inventé de toutes pièces à travers les Conciles le long des âges, ou l’Islam, que vous n’avez même pas daigné prononcer ou écrire le nom, et que vous ne cessez de combattre avec une fureur et un manque de probité sans pareils ?!

(Remarque : les Versets du Qur’ân sont de tirés de notre traduction, publiée en 2002)

Dr. Zeinab Abdel Aziz
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LEADERSHIP

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WHITE HOUSE –“The sound of the Shafer heralds the beginning of a new year and a time of remembrance and renewal for the Jewish people. During these holy days, men and women are called to reflect on their faith and to honour the blessings of creation.”

WHITMAN –“The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted, Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.”

WHITNEY HOUSTON –“It’s about believin’ when you ain’t got anything to believe in.”

WHITTIER –“The smile of God is victory.”

WHOOPI GOLDBERG –“It never occurs to me that there are things I can’t do.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Researchers reason that all living humans descend from Africans, some of whom migrated out of Africa and populated the rest of the world. If the mitochondrial analysis is correct, then because mitochondrial Eve represents the root of the mitochondrial family tree, she must have predated the exodus and lived in Africa. Therefore many researchers take the mitochondrial evidence as support for the “single-origin” or Out-of-Africa model.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“As Mahalakshmi, the supreme Goddess of Love and Delight, she lends grace and charms everything divine or human. As Mahasaraswati, the Goddess of Divine skill and Knowledge, she is the firefighter and trouble-shooter for the entire universe.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Hypertextuality is the interconnectedness of all literary works and their interpretation. A woven fabric of cultural consciousness is imitated and, in fact, investigated.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Primordial Parashakti is the ultimate dynamic energy of transcendental Brahmn… Brahmn is attributeless whereas Parashakti has many attributes. While, Brahmn has only to be cognised, Parashakti can be worshipped with name and form. She is Divine Will personified. She isconscious power beyond everything. She is the invisible and constant presence that sustains the world, linking form and name, holding them in interdependence. There is nothing impossible for Her She is the Universal Goddess. She is all knowledge, all strength, all triumph and all victory she is the Goddess Supreme, Maheshvari, who brings to us the total state of illumination.”

WIKIPAEDIA “Shakti is Mother of the universe. She creates, preserves, dissolves. She is the sat and so creates. She is chit, so she is life. She is ananda or bliss. He is also possessor and controller of opposite qualities: Destruction, death and terror as Mahakali, Goddess of Supreme Strength.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Space-time entails a new concept of distance. Whereas distances are always positive in Euclidean spaces, the distance between any two events in space-time — called an “interval” — may be real, zero, or even imaginary.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“The real purpose of the Paryushan is to purify our soul by staying closer to our own soul, to look at our faults, to ask for forgiveness for the mistakes we have committed, and take vows to minimise our faults. We try to forget about the needs of our body and our business so that we can concentrate on our-self. Swetambers celebrate eight days of Paryushan and the last day is called Samvastsari. In these eight days most of Jains keep fast in many ways and all Jains keep fast on Last day of Paryushan. The process of shedding our KARMAS really begins by asking for forgiveness with true feelings and to vow not to repeat mistakes. The quality of the forgiveness requires humility and suppression of anger.”

WILCOX AND MUMFORD –““I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.”

WILFRED B L TROTTER –“The dispassionate intellect, the open mind, the unprejudiced observer, exist in an exact sense only in a sort of intellectualist folklore; states even approaching them cannot be reached without a moral and emotional effort most of us cannot or will not make.”

WILFRED PETERSON –“The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.”

WILILAM JAMES –“There is only one thing a philosopher can be truly relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.”

WILL AND ARIEL DURANT –“The future never just happened. It was created.”

WILL DURANT- “Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”

WILL DURANT –“In my youth, I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”

WILL DURANT –“The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.”

WILL DURANT –“The trouble with most people is that they Think with their hopes or fears or, wishes rather than with their minds.”

WILL ROGERS –“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.”

WILL ROGERS –“Even you’re on the right track, you won’t get anywhere if you’re standing still.”

WILL ROGERS –“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”

WILL ROGERS –“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

WILL ROGERS –“One revolution is just like one cocktail, it just gets you organized or the next.”

WILL ROGERS –“Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.”

WILL ROGERS –“There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.”

WILL ROGERS –“We don’t give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give them plenty of publicity.”

WILL ROGERS –“We don’t know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”

WILL ROGERS –“You can’t say civilisation isn’t advancing, in every war they kill you in a new way.”

WILL SCHUTZ –“Man’s self-concept is enhanced when he takes responsibility for himself.”

WILLA CATHER –“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.”

WILLA CATHER –“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”

WILLA CATHER –“Where there is the greatest love, there are always miracles.”

WILLA GATHER –“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.”

WILLA GATHER –“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”

WILLA GATHER –“Where there is great love, there are always wishes.”

WILLARD MARRIOTT –“Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the tree.”

WILLIAM A WARD –“Another fresh new year is here…/ Another year to live!/To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and I give!/ This bright New Year is given me/to live each day with zest…/To daily grow and try to be/my highest and my best! I have the opportunity/ once more to right some wrongs,/ to pray for peace, to plant a tree,/ and sing more joyful songs.”

WILLIAM A WARD –“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

WILLIAM A WART –“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD –“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.”

WILLIAM ASHWORTH –“Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it.”

WILLIAM BENNETT- “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”

WILLIAM BLACK- “A truth that’s told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“A dog starv’d at the master’s gate/ Predicts the ruin of the State./ A horse misus’d upon the road/ Calls to heaven for human blood./ Each outcry of the hunted hare/ A fibre from the brain does tear,/ A skylark wounded on the wing,/ A cherubim does cease to sing.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Ancient poets animated all sensible objects with gods or geniuses… choosing forms of worship from poetic tales. And at length they pronounced that the gods had ordered such things. Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“He who binds himself to a joy Doth the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in Eternity’s sun rise.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care/ Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness,/And put on intellect… Men are admitted into Heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings. The treasures of Heaven are not negations of passion, but realities of intellect, from which all the passions emanate uncurbed in their eternal glory. The fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so holy.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I’ve a wife that I love and that loves me; have all but riches bodily.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Man’s Desires are limited by his Perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Scientists, in trying to decipher that which should remain indecipherable, would turn that which is soul and life into a mill or machine.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“The strongest poison ever known/ Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.”

William borah- “The marvel of the history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.”

WILLIAM BRAMWELL –“There is too much meat and drink, too little fasting and self-denial, too much taking part in the world… and too little self-examination and prayer.”

WILLIAM BUTLERYEATS –“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.”

WILLIAM CHANNING –“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.”

WILLIAM CLAYTON –“The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they’re going to be when you kill them.”

WILLIAM COFFIN –“Only reverence can restrain violence — reverence for human life and the environment.”

WILLIAM COWPER – “Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“But war’s a game, which, were their subject wise,/ Kings would not play at.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“God made the country, and man made the town.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“The bud may have a bitter taste,/But sweet will be the flower.”

WILLIAM COWPER:- “Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”

WILLIAM DRUMMOND –“A man who cannot reason is a fool, a man who will not reason is a bigot, and a man who dare not reason is a slave.”

WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIAM FAULKNER –“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

WILLIAM FAULKNER- “Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.”

WILLIAM FREDERICK HALSEY –“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”

WILLIAM GARTNER –“What separates the entrepreneur from others is that entrepreneurs act on what they see.”

WILLIAM GLADSTONE –“Duty is a power that arises with us in the morning, and goes to rest with us in the night. It is co-extensive with the action of our intelligence. It is the shadow that cleaves to us, go where we will.”

WILLIAM GLADSTONE- “Justice delayed is justice denied.”

WILLIAM HAVARD- “Our country welfare is our first concern, and who promotes that best, best proves his duty.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“There is heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING – “Error is the discipline through which we advance.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING –“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING –“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.”

WILLIAM HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIAM HOMADY –“What I am inside determines the issue in the battle of life.”

WILLIAM J. BENNETT:- “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Believe life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“If you care enough for the result, you will almost always attain it.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Then you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed.”

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN –“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved.”

WILLIAM JONES –“Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.”

WILLIAM L GARRISON –“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?”

WILLIAM L. SHIRER –“Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.”

WILLIAM LANDBURG –“Modern portfolio theory allows for the fact that financial markets are by their nature unpredictable. An infinite array of events that are, impossible to foresee or control affect returns — currency meltdowns, earthquakes, terrorist attacks and 100-year storms (which have a way of occurring every five years!). Logic and rational thinking rarely factor into the mix. As was seen in the dot corn era, a company’s underlying strength, reflected by such variables as profitability, earning prospects and market share, may have far less effect on share price than mindless exuberance. How else can we account for the swings and gyrations in the stock market in recent years?”

WILLIAM LANGLAND –“We should be low and love like and lean each man to the other And patient as pilgrims, for pilgrims are we all.”

WILLIAM LANGLAND –“We should be low and love like and lean each man to the other And patient as pilgrims, for pilgrims are we all.”

WILLIAM LAW –“A life devoted to the interests and enjoyments of this world, spent and wasted in the slavery of earthly desires, may be truly called a dream, as having all the shortness, vanity, and delusion of a dream; only with this great difference, that when a dream is over nothing is lost but fictions and fancies; but when the dream of life is ended only by death, all that eternity is lost, for which we were brought into being.”

WILLIAM LAW –“All other sacrifices that we make whether of worldly goods, honours, or pleasures, are but small matters compared to that sacrifice and destruction of all selfishness, as well spiritual as natural, that must be made before our regeneration hath its perfect work.”

WILLIAM LAW –“For Heaven is as near to our souls as this world is to our bodies.”

WILLIAM LAW –“Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God; hate nothing but the evil that stirs in your own heart.”

WILLIAM LONDON –“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.”

WILLIAM M THACKERAY –“Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children.”

WILLIAM Mc FEE –“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”

WILLIAM MCDONOUGH –“Don’t get me wrong: love nuclear energy! It’s just that i prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there’s an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about eight minutes. And it’s wireless!”

WILLIAM MCGONAGALL –“Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean, Your stately mansions, and beautiful Green! Likewise your beautiful bridges across the river Clyde, And on your bonnie banks I would like to reside.”

WILLIAM MOMS –“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them to an art.”

WILLIAM MORRIS –“Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship’s sake that ye do them.”

WILLIAM MOTHERWELL –“Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power to wander as it liketh them, by wizard oak and fairy stream.”

WILLIAM ODOUGLAS –“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.”

WILLIAM PENN –“Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of our sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.”

WILLIAM PENN –“He that does good for good’s sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at least.”

WILLIAM PENN –“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; r no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”

WILLIAM PHELPS –“We look backward too much and we look forward too much; thus we miss the only eternity of which we can be absolutely sure — the eternal present, for it is always now.”

WILLIAM PITT –“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants.”

WILLIAM PURKEY –“Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening and live like it’s heaven on earth.

WILLIAM R INGE –“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”

WILLIAM RANDOLPH –“A politician will do anything to his job –even become a patriot.”

William S. Burroughs- “Be just, and if can’t be just, be arbitrary.”

WILLIAM S. GILBERT- “And whether you’re an honest man, or whether you’re a thief, depends up on whose solicitor has given me my brief.”

WILLIAM SAFIRE –“Never assume the obvious is true.”

WILLIAM SAROYAN –“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”

WILLIAM SAROYAN –“No man’s guilt is not yours, nor is any man’s innocence a thing apart.”

WILLIAM SEWELL –“We shall be judged, not by what we might have been, but what we have been.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – “We are such stuff as dreams are made of; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites .they feed.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Alas! How should you govern any kingdom, That know not how to use ambassadors.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Fear no more the heat of the sun, Not the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hath done, Home art gone, and taken thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Have more than thou showest, / Speak less than thou knowest, /Lend less than thou owest, / Ride more than thou goest, / Learn more than thou trowest, / Set less than thou throwest; / Leave thy drink and thy whore, / And keep in-a-door, / And thou shalt have more / Than two tens to a score.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang And churiish chiding of the winter’s wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body. Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, “This is no flattery”.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“How poor are they that have not patience What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“If she be made of white and red,/ Her faults will ne’er be known,/ For blushing cheeks by faults are bred/ And fears by pale white shown:/ Then if she fear or be to blame,/ By this you shall not know,/ For still her cheeks possess the same/ Which native she doth owe.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Love all, trust a few: Do wrong to none.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE -“Love asks me no questions. And gives me endless support.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment. A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Poor and content is rich and rich enough.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Some rise by sin, some by virtue fall.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“When icicles hang by the wall,/ And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,/ And Tom bears logs into the hall,/ And milk comes frozen home in pail,/When blood is nipp’d and ways be foul,/ Then nightly sings the staring owl,/ Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments.”

WILLIAM SHEDD –“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM –“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”

WILLIAM STYRON –“A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.”

WILLIAM THOMAS- “No statement can be profound once it has been repeated by others.”

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY- “Blindness we may forgive but baseness we will smite.”

WILLIAM WARD –“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain—he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem — he is challenged by it.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORHT –“Wisdom is often near when we stop than when we soar.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“I made no vows, but vows/ Were then made for me; bond unknown to me/ Was given, that i should be, else sinning greatly/ A dedicated spirit.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“The World is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; little we see in Nature that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not — Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; so might I, standing on this pleasant lea, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“Wisdom is often nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”

WILLIAN ERNEST HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIS HARMAN –“By deliberately changing’ the internal image of reality people can change the world.”

WILLIS PLATER –“A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment.”

WILLIS WHITNEY –“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.”

WILLS DURANT –“India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of Our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity.. of self-government and democracy In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all.”

WILLS DURANT –“It is the function of the youth to defend liberty and innovation; of the old to defend order and tradition, and of middle age to find a middle way.”

WILMA ASKINAS –“A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“No one goes alone to the heights of excellence. Whether your business is building a loving family, a great idea, a meaningful career, a work of art, or a vast commercial empire, your success will depend on others, and theirs will depend on you.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God: Why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn’t just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.”

WILT ROGERS –“It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.”

WIN PE –“Monk-poet Shin Maha Thilawuntha wrote poems on the thoughts in the Dhamma like the deep tone of a palace drum heard in the far end of the realm. Shin Maharathathara wrote of the nature of kingship and of matters secular in poems like an ensemble for an anyein or like the warble of a karaweik. I marvel at their use of language and a vocabulary both precise and rich. From which deep intellect did they draw it. By which attrition are we losing it. I feel sad for our collective forgetfulness.”

WINNIE THE POOH –“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart I’ll stay there forever.”

WINNIE THE POOH –“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL – “There are a lot of lies going around … and half of them are true.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL – “There are a lot of lies going around … and half of them with out socialism is slavery and brutality.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Democracy is the worst form of government Except for all the others that have been tried.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“During my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and on the whole I have found them a wholesome diet.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I am ready to meet my maker, but whether He is prepared for the ordeal is another matter.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I do not resent criticism even if for the sake of emphasis it parts for the time with reality.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“If you are going through hell keep going.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL -“If you have an important point to make don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack”.

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again, Then hit it a third time, a tremendous whack.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“In war, you can only be killed once, but in polities, many times.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures…”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing happened.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“One voyage to India is enough; the others are merely repletion.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The empires of the future are empire of the mind.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young grow wild oats, the old grow sage.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Without measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.”

WINWOOD READE –“And then, the earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the air is Saharas that separate, planet from planet, and sun from sun. The earth will become a Holy Land that will be visited by pilgrims from all quarters of the universe.”

WITHROP ALDRICH –“The price of power is responsibility for the public good.”

WM LEWIS –“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

WOLF BLITZER –“You always give the aggrieved party the chance to respond before you publish or go to air.”

WOLFDYKE B KING –“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”

WOODROW T WILSON –“All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.”

WOODROW T WILSON –“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.”

WOODROW WILSON- “It is not an army that we must train for war, it is a nation.”

WOODROW WILSON- “There must be, not a balance of power, but community of power, not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.”

WOODROW WILSON –“You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.”

WOODY ALLEN – “How it is possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size.”

WOODY ALLEN – “Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Don’t let your mind go wandering, its too small to go out by itself.”

WOODY ALLEN- “Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.”

WOODY ALLEN –“If you’re not failing, you’re not trying anything.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

WOODY ALLEN –“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.”

WOODY ALLEN –“No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is not saying.”

WOODY ALLEN –“People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experience go, it’s one of the best.”

WOODY ALLEN –“The heart wants what it wants. There is no logic to those things.”

WOODY ALLEN –“The heart wants what it wants…. There’s no logic to those things.”

WOODY ALLEN –“To you I’m atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.”

WOODY ALLEN –“You see me as an atheist. God see me as the loyal opposition.”

WORLD BANK –“If you are not reforming, another country will overtake you.”

WORLD BANK –“Reform is like repairing a car with the engine running— there is no time to strategise.”

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, 1948 –“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

WORLD SCRIPTURE –“In a family, parents are responsible for the welfare of children and offer children an embracing, unconditional love.”

WRITINGS OF BAHA WTAH –“No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.”

WRITINGS OF BAHA’u’LLAH –“That seeker must at all times put his trust in God, must renounce the peoples of the earth, detach himself from the world of dust, and cleave unto Him Who is the Lord of Lords. If anyone revile you, or trouble touch you, in the path of God, be patient, and put your trust in Him Who heareth, who seeth. He, in truth, witnesseth, and perceiveth, and doeth what He pleaseth, through the power of His sovereignty.”

WTPURKISER –“Not what we say about our blessings, but how he uses them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”

XENOCRATES –“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”

XHARYA MAHAPRAJNA –“The principle of anekanta symbolizes the fact that no element is either different or same as the total. It is both separate and integrated. A person is not entirely different from this universe; yet, he is not the same. We are undeniably connected — that is why we lead both dependent and independent lives.”

XUN ZI –“A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.”

Y V REDDY –“In India our mandate encompasses both growth and stability.”

Y.B.YEATS –“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of fire.”

YAMAMOTO TSUNETOMO –“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. Everyone lets the present moment slip by then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed this fact. But grasping this firmly one must pile experience upon experience. And once one has come to this understanding he will be a different person from that point on, though he may not always bear it in mind. When one understands this settling into single- mindedness well, his affairs will thin out.”

YAMANA ESKIMO –“Do not seek to benefit only yourself; think of other people also… If you were lucky in hunting, let others share it. Moreover, show them the favourable spots… let others, too, have their share. If you want to amass everything for yourself other people will stay way from you; no one will want to be with you. If you should fall ill one day no one will visit you because, for your part, you did not formerly concern yourself about others. Grant other people something also. The Yamana do not like a person who acts selfishly.”

YANN MARTEL –“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”

YASNA –“All these, indeed, gather unto Thee, 0 Mazda! They who have done Thy work, whose actions accord with the Truth, Whose words proceed from the Good-Mind, Whose Inspirer art Thou from the very beginning.”

YASNA –“At the last turning of life to the faithful making the right choice according to his norm doth Ahura Mazda, the Lord Judge, in His sovereign power Bestow an end better than good. But to him who shall not serve the cause of good, He giveth an end worse than bad, at the last turning of life.”

YASNA –“He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, he who Upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed, he, indeed, is thy most valued helper, 0 Ahura Mazda!”

YASNA –“I shall take the awakened soul to the exalted abode with the help of the Good-Mind, Knowing the blissful rewards of the Wise Lord for righteous deeds. As long as I have power and strength I shall teach all to seek for Truth and Right.”

YASNA –“May the true-spoken word triumph over the false-spoken word.”

YASNA –“Through Thy power, 0 Lord, Make life renovated, real at Thy will.”

YASNA –“With Truth moving my heart, With Best Thought inspiring my mind, with all the might of spiritual force within me, I venerate Thee, 0 Mazda, with songs of Thy praise. And at the last when I shall stand at Thy Gate I shall hear the echo of my prayers from Thy Abode of Songs.”

YASSER ARAFAT- “Choose your friend carefully. Your enemy will choose you.”

YASSER ARAFAT –“I extend my congratulations to the Israeli people towards the Jewish new year. I hope this holiday will be the beginning of a new era of peace and security between the two peoples — the Israelis and Palestinians and other people m the region.”

YASSER ARAFAT –“Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.”

YEHUDI MENUHIN –“Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.”

YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO –“Who never knew the price of happiness will not be happy.”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul?”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well too.”

YITTA HALBERSTAM & JUDITH LEVENTHAL –“At times, all we have to do in life is show up, be present, and allow the magic to unfold.”

YOGA SUTRAS –“When one is established in non-injury, beings give up their mutual animosity in his presence.”

YOGI BERRA –“You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”

YOGIBERRA –“You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

YOHYA B. MU’AD AL RAZI- “Paradise is the prison of the sage, just as the world is the prison of the believers.”

YOKA DAISHI –“The Mind like a mirror is brightly illuminating and knows no obstructions, It penetrates the vast universe to its minutest crevices; All its contents, multitudinous in form, are reflected in the Mind, Which, shining like a perfect gem, has no surface, nor the inside.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Lack of respect to the constituted authority is the source of most conflicts in the world.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Lying does not mean that one could not be rich; Treachery does not mean you may not live to old age; But it is the day of death (judgment) about which one should be baffled.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Offend me and I will question you — this is the medicine for friendship.”

YORUBA VERSE –“Only few people act in our interest in our absence, When we are not around. But in our presence, all display their love for us.”

YOSHIDA KENKO – “Ambition never comes to an end.”

YOSHIKO NOMURA –“The law of cause and effect without exception rules all events that take place in the phenomenal world. There is no effect without a cause and each effect becomes a new cause.”

YUL BRYNNER –“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.”

YURI GAGARIN –“To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is, Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!”

Z.A.BHUTTO- “Democracy is a flexible art. What appears impossible today is possible tomorrow.”

ZACHARY SCOTT –“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.”

ZADOK RABINWITZ –“A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness.”

ZAFARNAMA -“God is the Master of the earth and the sky: He is the Creator of all men, all places. He it is who creates all — from the feeble ant to the powerful elephant, and is the Embellisher of the meek and Destroyer of the reckless. His name is: “Protector of the meek”, And Himself He is dependent upon no one’s support or obligation. He has no twist in Him, no doubt. And, He shows man the Way to Redemption and Release, From the Guru’s.”

ZAHARIAS –“Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“Courage begets strength by struggle with hardships. Courage grows from fighting danger and overcoming obstacles. Develop the courage to act according to your convictions, to speak what is true, and to do what is Right.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“Seek your happiness in the happiness of all. Regard the sorrows and sufferings of others as yours and hasten to assuage them.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“These two Primordial Principles in One, Of Light and Darkness, Good and 111, that seem Apart from one another, yet are bound Inseparably together, each to each In Thought, in Word, in Action, everywhere. Are they in operation; and the wise Walk on the side of Light, while the unwise follow the other until they grow wise? These ancient Two, in mutual wrestle-play Give birth to Twin- Desires, high and low, that shape as Hate-Mentality in some, in others as the Better Mind of Love. 0 Mighty Lord of Wisdom, Mazada! Supreme, Infinite, Universal Mind!, Ahura! thou that givest Life to all!,/ Grant me the power to control this , mind,/ This Lower Mind i of mine, this egoism, And put an end to all Duality,/And gain the reign of One as is desired/ Unconsciously by even the graceless ones,/ The evil sinners, in their heart of hearts.”

ZARATHUSTRA-“Courage begets strength by struggle with hardships. Courage grows from fighting danger and overcoming obstacles. Develop the courage to act according to your convictions, to speak what is true, and to do what is right.”

ZAUQ- “An increase in love increases the light in the world.”

ZELDA FITZGERALD- ‘I don’t want to live – I want to love first, and live incidentally.”

ZELDA FITZGERALD –“I don’t want to live- I want to love first and live incidentally.”

ZEN –“Life is the only thing worth living for.”

ZEN BUDDHISM –“A University Professor went to see Nan-in, a Zen Master, to find out more about Zen. As their meeting continued Nan-in was pouring Tea and continued to pour even though the cup was overflowing. The Professor cried. “Enough! No more will go in!” Nan-in replied, “Like this cup you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

ZEN BUDDHISM –“The world is like a mirror, you see? Smile and it smiles back.”

ZEN MASTER KYONG HO –“Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life … Attain deliverance in disturbance.”

ZEN SAYING –“To know and not to do is not yet to know.”

ZEN STORY –“One day it was announced by Master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state. Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him. “We have heard that you are enlightened. Is this true?” they inquired. “It is”, Kyogen answered. “Tell us”, said a friend, “how do you feel?” “As miserable as ever”, replied the enlightened Kyogen.”

ZEN THOUGHT –“Before enlightenment —chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood and carry water.”

ZHUANG ZI –“Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.”

ZIG ZIGLAR – “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them every where.”

ZIG ZIGLAR – “Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we’re doing what we have been told or asked to do.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR- “Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I know nothing about sex because I was always married.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I’m an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the home.”

Mr. Ashok Sharma