Quotes About UnityQuotes tagged as "unity"(showing 1-30 of 186)

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.J.K. Rowling,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Firetags:dumbledore,strength,unity6652 likeslike

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.Stephen Chbosky,The Perks of Being a Wallflowertags:common-experience,unity2030 likeslike

One love, one heart . . .Lets get together and feel all rightBob Marley,Bob Marley - Legendtags:unity533 likeslike

Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as oneJohn Lennon,Imaginetags:aspirations,dreams,idealism,nationalism,peace,religion,song-lyrics,unity,war340 likeslike

Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone.Rumitags:blind,muhammad,muslim,poetry,rumi,unity237 likeslike

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.Thomas Jeffersontags:religion,religious-freedom,tolerance,unity234 likeslike

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. We are united by the reality that all colours and all cultures are distinct & individual. We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this earth by the same gravity. We don't share blood, but we share the air that keeps us alive. I will not blind myself and say that my black brother is not different from me. I will not blind myself and say that my brown sister is not different from me. But my black brother is he as much as I am me. But my brown sister is she as much as I am me.C. JoyBell C.tags:brotherhood,color,difference,differences,equality,harmony,human,humanism,humanity,individuality,inspiration,inspirational,inspirational-life,inspirational-quotes,life,life-and-living,living,race,respect,sisterhood,society,unity212 likeslike

All for one and one for all.Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeerstags:mottos,unity119 likeslike

Sometimes the thing that brings us together also pulls us apart. Sort of like a zipper.Jarod Kintz,This Book Title is Invisibletags:closeness,cohesive,proximity,pull,together,unity,zipper113 likeslike

Love does not cost anything. Kind words and deeds do not cost anything. The real beauty of the world is equal for everyone to see. It was given by God equally to all, without restrictions.

Everyone, was given a beautiful vehicle in which to express love to others. Feelings are free to express and give to ourselves and each other through our willingness to give and care.

What is complicated about this... Why have we made others feel they have to climb mountains and swim oceans in order to make a difference.

All we need to understand my friends, is that human life was given equally to us all, not partially but in totality.

The sun was given to all. It does not shine on the few. So, just has nature is indifferent to our station or situation, we need to know that we are all equal. We need to focus on the things that are constant and not place our values on things that can be blown away with the next, great, wind.

Value life in what ever house it dwells. For when it comes time that we are all stripped to bare bones before the divine and facing eternity, we will understand that the only law we were meant to follow, was to love ourselves and each other. Nothing more...nothing less.Carla Jo Mastersontags:caring,family,god,harmonysoup-com,humor,inspirational,integrity,love,patience,truth,unity109 likeslike

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.Winston Churchilltags:division,unity99 likeslike

Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.A.W. Tozer,The Pursuit of Godtags:christlikeness,fellowship,friendship,holiness,sanctification,unity79 likeslike

The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.T.H. Whitetags:humor,unity74 likeslike

The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Because the truth is, we should not all see everyone as the same! We are not the same! We are made of different colours and we have different cultures. We are all different! But the key to this door is to look at these differences, respect these differences, learn from and about these differences, and grow in and with these differences. We are all different. We are not the same. But that's beautiful. And that's okay.In the quest for unity and peace, we cannot blind ourselves and expect to be all the same. Because in this, we all have an underlying belief that everyone should be the same as us at some point. We are not on a journey to become the same or to be the same. But we are on a journey to see that in all of our differences, that is what makes us beautiful as a human race, and if we are ever to grow, we ought to learn and always learn some more.C. JoyBell C.tags:color,culture,difference,differences,equality,government,harmony,human,humanism,humanity,inspiration,inspirational,inspirational-quotes,peace,race,society,unity60 likeslike

This is what our love isa sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds.Aberjhani,The River of Winged Dreamstags:famous-poets,famous-quotes,famous-quotes-from-classic-books,love,relationships,romance,spirituality,unconditional-love,unity,valentine-s-day55 likeslike

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.Gwendolyn Brookstags:humanity,understanding,unity55 likeslike

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.

Dont let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.Vera Nazarian,The Perpetual Calendar of Inspirationtags:choir,chorus,choruses,cooperation,free,free-speech,harmonize,harmonizing,harmony,join,joining,loud,loudmouths,music,singing,soft,song,speak,speak-up,speaking-out,speech,speechless,together,unity,vocalize,vocalizing,voice,voices,working-together52 likeslike

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.Eleanor Roosevelttags:propoganda,racism,unity,zealotry51 likeslike

Whether it is good or evil, whether life in itself is pain or pleasure, whether it is uncertain-that it may perhaps be this is not important-but the unity of the world, the coherence of all events, the embracing of the big and the small from the same stream, from the same law of cause, of becoming and dying.Hermann Hesse,Siddharthatags:hesse,life,siddhartha,uncertainty,unity42 likeslike

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.Hermann Hesse,Siddharthatags:becoming,being,hesse,life,siddhartha,unity,water39 likeslike

All for one, and one for all!Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeerstags:brothers-in-arms,hope,inspirational,unity35 likeslike

If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.Askhari Johnson Hodari,Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbstags:african,cooperation,inspirational,proverbs,unity,wisdom32 likeslike

Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.David Fontanatags:discover,fontana,oneness,unity,zen29 likeslike

One race,Many cultures,One place.Geoffrey M. Gluckman,Deadly Exchangetags:humanity,one-love,respect,tolerance,unity28 likeslike

I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State, the community, the citizens acting together, can do a number of things better than if they were left to individual action.Theodore Roosevelt,The Man In The Arena: Speeches and Essays by Theodore Roosevelttags:common-sense,unity27 likeslike

To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.Barack Obamatags:obama,president,unity25 likeslike

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.Barack Obamatags:leadership,obama,unity,world-unity25 likeslike

May the God who gives endurance and encouragementgive you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you followChrist Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you mayglorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Anonymous,Holy Bible: King James Versiontags:bible,god,jesus,paul,romans,unity20 likeslike

He that commends me to mine own contentCommends me to the thing I cannot get.I to the world am like a drop of waterThat in the ocean seeks another drop,Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself:So I, to find a mother and a brother,In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself.William Shakespeare,The Comedy of Errorstags:character,division,identity,unity13 likeslike

. .Yusuf Idris, Quotes About UnityQuotes tagged as "unity"(showing 31-60 of 187)

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeerstags:division,unity51 likeslike

In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.Criss Jami,Venus in Armstags:aid,assist,assistance,associate,association,better-world,bigger-picture,bullies,bully,bullying,commendable,confidence,control,cooperate,cooperation,development,encouragement,envy,evolution,evolve,excellence,excellent,hard-work,helping,helping-others,helping-out,humility,inhabitants,inspirational,land,mentality,mind,mocked,mockery,motivational,peace,peace-of-mind,peaceful,peacefulness,praise,psychology,question,self-control,serenity,strength,strong,stronger,superhuman,together,togetherness,unity,weakness,work,working-together,world47 likeslike

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.Criss Jami,Venus in Armstags:considerate,happiness,happy,inconsiderate,peace,problem,problem-solving,self-control,selfishness,selflessness,solution,together,ultimate,ultimate-answer,unity,working-together,world,worth,worthiness,worthy32 likeslike

It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.Anthony Liccionetags:comfort,god,inspiration,unity30 likeslike

Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.Henry Adams,The Education of Henry Adamstags:order,perception,senses,sight,unity,vision26 likeslike

September 11 I will never forget feeling scared and vulnerable I will never forget feeling the deep sad loss of so many lives I will never forget the smell of the smoke that reached across the water and delivered a deep feeling of doom into my gut I will never forget feeling the boosted sense of unity and pride I will never forget seeing the courageous actions of so many men and women I will never forget seeing people of all backgrounds working together in community I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy I will never forget seeing what love can healSteve Marabolitags:9-11,actions,courage,hate,healing,lives,lost,love,pride,scared,september-11-attacks,smoke,trade-centers,unity21 likeslike

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.Hermann Hesse,Siddharthatags:hesse,knowledge,siddhartha,unity,world20 likeslike

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMSAbraham Lincolntags:aberjhani,angels,civil-war,democracy,destiny,determination,faith,hope,patriotism,u-s-presidents,unity20 likeslike

Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.Brian Celiotags:individuality,unity19 likeslike

The earth is but one country and mankind its citizensBah'u'llh,The Kitab-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Booktags:faith,love,unity17 likeslike

To be a jazz freedom fighter is to attempt to galvanize and energize world-weary people into forms of organization with accountable leadership that promote critical exchange and broad reflection. The interplay of individuality and unity is not one of uniformity and unanimity imposed from above but rather of conflict among diverse groupings that reach a dynamic consensus subject to questioning and criticism. As with a soloist in a jazz quartet, quintet or band, individuality is promoted in order to sustain and increase the creative tension with the group--a tension that yields higher levels of performance to achieve the aim of the collective project.Cornel West,Race Matterstags:change,critical-reflection,improve,individuality,jazz,jazz-freedom-fighter,social-justice,unity16 likeslike

What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to the mind? Our unity is full of wonder which your tiny individualism cannot even conceive.Ken Levinetags:individualism,unity11 likeslike

As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.G.I. Gurdjiefftags:idea,unity9 likeslike

This is my country, that is your country, these are the conceptions of narrow souls, to the liberal minded the whole world is a familyVirchand Raghavji Gandhitags:brotherhood,country,family,inpirational-quotes,liberal,motivational-quotes,peace,unity,world9 likeslike

Cycling, cycling foreverbear, wolf, caribou.When had it all started, where will it end?We are all part of one, from such simple beginnings and yet all so different.Yet one.One and again.Kathryn Lasky,Lone Wolftags:life,unity8 likeslike

I thought it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see what they could be to one another; to see how they felt for one another, how the heart of each to each was softened by the hard trials of their lives. I think the best side of such people is almost hidden from us. What the poor are to the poor is little known, excepting to themselves and God.Charles Dickens,Bleak Housetags:humilty,poverty,unity8 likeslike

The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. That is the place of response, of unifying one's heart, mind, soul and feet around a decision.Sue Monk Kidd,God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Lovedtags:unity7 likeslike

Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)Julia Cameron,God is No Laughing Mattertags:interconnectedness,spiritual-experience,spirituality,unity7 likeslike

When nations resort to arms, the human spirit is like a bird that cannot stand to hear its own song.Phoenix Desmond,Make Love to the Universe: Himalayan Masters Share Spiritual Wisdomtags:harmony,love,nature,peace,spiritual,spirituality,unity,war6 likeslike

There is enough dough in the world to make bread for us all to eat together.Habeeb Akandetags:business,money,unity,working-together6 likeslike

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.Margaret Fullertags:differences,unity5 likeslike

I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.Don Piper,90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Lifetags:music,unity,worship5 likeslike

Every organized religion holds that certain behaviors, rituals, personalities, places, and/or books are sacred. These organized teachings are proper in their own place, but they are mere options for the one infused with devotion. To such a one, God is direct and spontaneous, providing him with an immediate source of guidance and direction. His relationship with God is not mediated through anyone or anything. (104)Prem Prakash,The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutrastags:behavior,devotion,god,personality,religion,rituals,sacred,sacred-texts,unity4 likeslike

A hand fought best when it made a fist.Guy Gavriel Kay,Tiganatags:nations,solidarity,unity4 likeslike

It strikes me as unChristian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.David Kinnaman,unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matterstags:unity4 likeslike

In the deeps are the violence and terror of which psychology has warned us. But if you ride these monsters deeper down, if you drop with them farther over the world's rim, you find what our sciences cannot locate or name, the substrate, the ocean or matrix or ether which buoys the rest, which gives goodness its power for good, and evil its power for evil, the unified field: our complex and inexplicable caring for each other, and for our life together here. This is given. It is not learned.Annie Dillard,Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounterstags:complexity,life,love,science,sea,unity4 likeslike

In the heart's deepest place, where the burden of ego is dropped and the mystery of soul is penetrated, a man finds the consciousness there not different in any way from what all other men may find. The mutuality of the human race is thus revealed as existing only on a plane where its humanness is transcended. This is why all attempts to express it in political and economic terms, no less than the theosophic attempts to form a universal brotherhood, being premature, must be also artificial. This is why they failed.Paul Brunton,The Notebooks of Paul Bruntontags:brotherhood,humanity,unity4 likeslike

To that man of high aim whose body, mind and soul act in correspondence, all secrets of nature become revealed to him. He feels within himself, as every where, that universal life wherein there is no distinction, no sense of separateness, but all around, all bliss, unity and peace.Virchand Raghavji Gandhitags:desire,famous-quotes,human,incarnation,indian-philsophers,indian-quote,peace,philosophy,popular-quotes,salvation,soul,the-secret,unity,universe,virchand-gandhi,world-peace4 likeslike

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.Barack Obamatags:9-11,honor,kindness,reclaim,service,spirit,unity3 likeslike

Only through the group, I realised through sharing the suffering of the group could the body reach that height of existence that the individual alone could never attain. And for the body to reach that level at which the divine might be glimpsed, a dissolution of individuality was necessary. The tragic quality of the group was also necessary, the quality that constantly raised the group out of the abandon and torpor into which it was prone to lapse, leading it to an ever-mounting shared suffering and so to death, which was the ultimate suffering. The group must be open to death which meant, of course, that it must be a community of warriors.Yukio Mishima,Sun and SteelKeynote speech to the International Unity in Diversity ConferenceCommissioner Tom CalmaRace Discrimination CommissionerTownsville14 August 2008

I would like to begin by paying my respects to the Wulguru Kaba and Bindal peoples, past and present, the traditional owners of these lands.Thank you also to Grace and her cousin for your warm welcome.I would also like to acknowledge The Hon Mike Reynolds, Speaker of the House Mayor Les Tyrell Professor Grace Smallwood, Advisor to the Vice Chancellor on Indigenous Affairs, James Cook University Dr Farvardin Daliri, Director of the Townsville Migrant Resource Centre and the conference convenorAnd I acknowledge all of my Murri brothers and sisters and our non Indigenous friends here today. As minority peoples we share much in common but, as Indigenous peoples, we are the First Peoples of our Nation.Thank you Farvardin for inviting me to talk today on links between multiculturalism and Indigenous Australia from a human rights perspective.In this speech I would like to start by reflecting on the two words unity and diversity from which this conference has taken its names.At first glance these seem like simple enough ideas:

unity refers to oneness, of being formed of parts that make a whole - essentially around a consensus of shared values as they relate to the whole state diversity refers to variety and difference as these relate to individuals living within communities, and unity in diversity suggests a happy equilibrium, or harmony, between these seeming dichotomies, spanning the community to national levels.When these ideas are looked at through the prism of social policy, and what the words may imply as representing an ideology, then we are looking at somewhat greater complexity.In May 2003 the Howard Government released the last published iteration of Australian multi-cultural policy; Multicultural Australia: United in Diversity.The name of this policy is similar to the name of this conference.United in Diversity was an update of the policy; A New Agenda for Multi-cultural Australia that was released in December 1999.It is a scant document that emphasises that a major purpose of multi-cultural policy is to help maintain community harmony at a time when international terrorism events threaten to destabilise society and threaten national security.It is interesting to review this policy with a critical and historical eye.Like so many statements of the previous government, especially statements that relate to race, diversity or culture, they are often Janus-like.My reference to Janus is to the two-faced Roman deity. It is used when considering how the same idea, object or statement may have more than one face that it presents to the world, and may be understood, or interpreted differently, by different people.When it came to multiculturalism the previous government had a checked record. Where many of its statements may seem reasonable at first glance, they seem less so on greater scrutiny or when seen through an analytic lens.For example, the idea that Australia is One Nation of many people brought together through a shared commitment to Australian values.On a close assessment such a statement could be seen as a call for homogeneity, enforced commitments or (more sinister), as a way to wedge populations in an era of deliberately escalated fears associated with terrorism, racial, cultural and religious difference.In my role as Race Discrimination Commissioner I had become increasingly concerned about the threat to multi-cultural policy and to social harmony that was linked to this sophisticated wedging and dog whistling.In reaction to this concern, I released a discussion paper supporting multiculturalism on human rights grounds in the middle of 2007.This apprehension was well founded.In the final weeks of the previous government, the then Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs suggested that the policy had run its course in Australia and that it had effectively ended.The incoming Rudd government, on the other hand, stated that it would continue multicultural policy.However, nine months after the election what this policy is, and what it might look like, is still unknown.I remain concerned that despite the commitment by the new Government, there are indications that multiculturalism is not a top priority and, as such, a rigorous intellectual investment into what multiculturalism both is, and what it could aspire to be, is not yet being made.That means, at this very moment, all of us interested in and committed to the values of multiculturalism, and its associated values of human rights and race discrimination, have an opportunity to voice our concerns and our aspirations.Not only is NOW the time to call upon the government to strongly recommit to multiculturalism and human rights, NOW is the time to remind government about what multiculturalism can aspire to be, and NOW is the time to remind government how multiculturalism is linked with other pressing social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.NOW is the time to promote how multiculturalism and human rights can work as a framework to build a fairer, more productive Australia.The government is investing much energy into its principle of social inclusion. Unfortunately, There is insufficient time today to analyse fully what this means.However, what is important to note is that, to date, the government has interpreted social inclusion as a means to alleviate poverty and disadvantage through economic and political participation.My main concern, and a concern also expressed by a number of other commentators on this new Australian social inclusion approach, is that culture is not recognised as an important contributor to social inclusion.And, although I dont think there is anything premeditated about this, I am concerned there is a risk, over time, that social inclusion principles will override the importance of culture, and government policies and programs will instinctively follow the path of unified diversity in the months and years ahead.Under these circumstances, powerful words and concepts can be misused, old symbolism may graft itself onto new symbolism, and it may transpire that they end up meaning things that we, as a sector, dont want them to mean!This is therefore the time to build a new symbolism, refine and develop definitions, and imagine a better world that is more properly described by a meaningful language.By saying all this I am not attempting to undermine the principles that inform this conference I appreciate these and agree with them.But I cannot but help observe that the words chosen to describe the conference echo the language of the previous government and that these echoes carry inferences that may not be those you want.Multiculturalism, like Indigenous reconciliation, still implies to some commentators and members of the community; separatism and favouritism.These are attitudes that are, perversely, a form of envy by the privileged towards the disadvantaged.But multiculturalism and Indigenous reconciliation are not, or should not be, about separatism and favouritism they should be about decency, about equity, about respect and about participation.They should also be about substantive equality.Not a false equality where the excluded are forced to compete in a level playing field, but an equality that is handicapped so that those who are disadvantaged from the outset have genuine opportunities for advancement or participation.While the issues for Australias culturally and linguistically diverse communities (those generally seen as targeted by multicultural policy) and the issues for Indigenous Australians are often very different, they also share important issues in common.Perhaps foremost amongst these issues is the discrimination and exclusion that Indigenous Australians, and people of non Anglo-Celtic origins, often experience.By saying this I recognise that not all forms of discrimination are experienced or applied with the same vigour,nor that the experience is universal,nor that discrimination is always blatant,nor that it can, itself, be discriminating,nor am I glossing over the challenges faced by inter-ethnic or racial conflicts within or across Australian communities.Nevertheless, those principles that inform multiculturalism and reconciliation, should set the environment for decency, equity, respect and participation for all members of culturally diverse communities, including Indigenous peoples.They should also help ensure that this environment works to the benefit of all Australians.We live in uncertain times. When have we not? However, I think the argument can be mounted that these times are uniquely uncertain.In the immediate post-war era our world was threatened by obliteration through nuclear holocaust.While this was a dreadful threat hanging over the world, nevertheless, members of the various power-blocks had the certainties of ideology, the role of their respective states, and an expectation of how the world functioned and what they could reasonably believe in.The world of the 21stcentury has a different fear for the future for our planet although the fear of nuclear weapons has not entirely vanished.The extent of radical climate change is not as great as that of nuclear war in the 1960s, but it is equally real and may be almost as catastrophic even if it would unfold with less immediate impact.Unlike our parents of the 1950s to 1970s, who at least enjoyed other certainties, we do not.While the trends and the capacities were evolving during these decades, we are now living in an era where the privileges of economic, social and ideological certainties have been taken from many of us.Globalisation, technology and geo-politics have transformed our world.More than ever before people of different races, cultural heritage, faiths, and languages mix ... whether this is in a shopping mall, by living and working side-by-side, through other forms of face-to-face interaction, or through media exposure.Often this experience is positive but it can also engender fear or suspicion.The rapidity of change, the transformative nature of technology, media and trans-national movements of people, pose challenges to societies across the globe that have seldom been faced in human history.But they are certainly far more widespread, swift and extensive than ever before.While conventional media has often become more divisive and sensationalist in its responses to this complexity, alternative forms of communication are growing, especially among the youth population.In this age of transformation and uncertainty, of counter-intuitive developments, and of cross-currents of change, mass markets are eroding and we see, instead, the fractionalisation of the old markets into sub-groups, or into individual preference.In the later half of the 20thcentury the neo-liberal agenda was to liberate the individual in the anticipation that the rational, self-maximising person will do so with conformity to certain values values often linked to the conservative views of neo-liberalism.Ironically, the triumph of neo-liberalism has highlighted its limitations and has created societies across the world that are more complex, more conflicted, more uncontrolled, and more likely to reject the neo-liberal political, social and economic mission, than the status quo that existed previously.The consequences of globalisation are that in a world of change where there is an increasing risk of violence, the framework of human rights, applied to multicultural policy and Indigenous reconciliation, continues to offer the worlds communities the most promising civil path to peace.Multiculturalism and Indigenous reconciliation will, and should, continue to travel along different paths. There are many points (and I believe there should often be many more) where these paths run parallel or cross and become a single path for some of the journey.They are also both bound together as human rights paths.On this point I would like to briefly digress to reflect upon human rights since my role is to represent Australias Human Rights Commission.One way of looking at human rights, which can often be confusing, is by separating them into generations.For example, first generation human rights are civil and political rights that include the rights to such things as the vote, freedom from discrimination, freedom of speech and the like.Second generation human rights are economic, social and cultural rights, like the right to education, to adequate housing and the right to health.Third generation human rights are collective rights, for example, the right for self-determination and development.For Indigenous Australians, migrants and refugees the three generations of human rights are both inspirations and tools in their struggle to achieve equality and recognition.The International human rights framework on cultural diversity has increasingly become more detailed, clear and strong in endorsing multiculturalism as the best way for civil societies to respond to cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity.The starting point for this development is the notion of equality and non-discrimination contained in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).The Convention defines racial discrimination as:any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.In Australia, the Racial Discrimination Act (1975) is our national response to our obligations under ICERD.It confers on Australias Human Rights Commission specific responsibilities, one of which is to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial and ethnic groups.It also makes racial discrimination and racial vilification unlawful.Understanding multiculturalism within a human rights framework helps us to articulate how the rights of Indigenous peoples and other minority groups in Australia relate to each other and how they are differentiated.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, like other minority groups, risk being excluded from sharing the economic, social and cultural benefits of being a citizen of Australia.For Indigenous Australians, who are the most disadvantaged of all groups in our society, this only adds further pain and unfairness to experiences of dispossession, the highest levels of morbidity and early mortality, and lack of political representation.Multiculturalism, as a policy of recognition and equity, can assist Indigenous Australians to gain access to these benefits.The 1989 National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia clearly states that multiculturalism is:...applicable not just to immigrants but to all Australians, including the Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.The National Agenda also assumes that both groups share the quest for the recognition of their right to cultural identity and the right to social justice.In the case of multiculturalism, recognition is largely about inclusiveness, it is about inclusive social policies that allow people from different cultures to participate in and contribute to the wider society on an equal footing.And, in the case of both, ethnic communities, and in particular, Indigenous Australian peoples, it is not ONLY about inclusiveness, it is also about ownership and engagement in decision making and policy development processes.The Northern Territory Intervention is a classic example of this enduring problem in Australia policy making.Touted as being done to help Indigenous children, non-Indigenous politicians suspended the Race Discrimination Act and have made massive, expensive policy and service decisions without consultation with those being targeted.It is not surprising that the Intervention is failing in so many areas given this approach.Furthermore, in the case of Indigenous peoples, recognition is also about acknowledgement of the central place of Indigenous peoples in Australian society, as the First Peoples of Australia and acknowledgement of the injustice, and the harm that still befalls us.Acknowledgement of Aboriginal rights is a primary step to put in place the changes needed to restore indigenous dignity and future vitality.There is also much that the ethnic community sector and Indigenous Australians can teach the other, and learn from each other.There are important lessons that Indigenous Australians can learn from the civil rights advocacy of ethnic organisations, especially when these groups transcended cultural and political differences and worked collaboratively.There are just as many lessons that the ethnic community sector can learn from the reconciliation process.Ethnic community advocacy has often focused solely on economic disequilibria.On the other hand, the holistic approach to human development, social and emotional well-being, cultural rights and ecological sustainability of Indigenous Australians, is an integrated model that could be pursued much more rigorously by the ethnic community sector.Whatever the future of multiculturalism and reconciliation, they must be part of Australias future.While I say must, that is not to say that they will, so we must all be vigilant.My concern is, that if they are not, this will be at great personal pain and cost... which will inevitably have social and political consequences for the wider community.I do not have time today to outline the opportunities that a new multiculturalism and Indigenous reconciliation have to develop, co-exist and cross-reference.But I hope to have argued that they are necessary to a civil society in the 21stcentury and that, as processes to negotiate complexity and threats in a transformative and challenging world, they are necessary.They are necessary not just to the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of all culturally diverse communities, but they carry with them a diversity dividend that benefits all Australians. This conference and the festival are great examples of how we, as a society, can advance this process and understanding that diversity should be valued and respected.Thank youQuotes About UnityQuotes tagged as "unity"(showing 61-90 of 187)

On a long flight, after periods of crisis and many hours of fatigue, mind and body may become disunited until at times they seem completely different elements, as though the body were only a home with which the mind has been associated but by no means bound. Consciousness grows independent of the ordinary senses. You see without assistance from the eyes, over distances beyond the visual horizon. There are moments when existence appears independent even of the mind. The importance of physical desire and immediate surroundings is submerged in the apprehension of universal values.

For unmeasurable periods, I seem divorced from my body, as though I were an awareness spreading out through space, over the earth and into the heavens, unhampered by time or substance, free from the gravitation that binds to heavy human problems of the world. My body requires no attention. It's not hungry. It's neither warm or cold. It's resigned to being left undisturbed. Why have I troubled to bring it here? I might better have left it back at Long Island or St. Louis, while the weightless element that has lived within it flashes through the skies and views the planet. This essential consciousness needs no body for its travels. It needs no plane, no engine, no instruments, only the release from flesh which circumstances I've gone through make possible.

Then what am I the body substance which I can see with my eyes and feel with my hands? Or am I this realization, this greater understanding which dwells within it, yet expands through the universe outside; a part of all existence, powerless but without need for power; immersed in solitude, yet in contact with all creation? There are moments when the two appear inseparable, and others when they could be cut apart by the merest flash of light.

While my hand is on the stick, my feet on the rudder, and my eyes on the compass, this consciousness, like a winged messenger, goes out to visit the waves below, testing the warmth of water, the speed of wind, the thickness of intervening clouds. It goes north to the glacial coasts of Greenland, over the horizon to the edge of dawn, ahead to Ireland, England, and the continent of Europe, away through space to the moon and stars, always returning, unwillingly, to the mortal duty of seeing that the limbs and muscles have attended their routine while it was gone.Charles A. Lindbergh,The Spirit of St. Louistags:awareness,body,change,connection,consciousness,dawn,earth,energy,horizon,light,mind,moon,perception,possibility,reality,sky,solitude,space,stars,time,unity,universe13 likeslike

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.Bah'u'llh,Epistle to the Son of the Wolftags:bah-,love,religious,unity,virtues6 likeslike

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ.Criss Jami,Salom: In Every Inch In Every Miletags:body,brokenness,christ,christianity,communication,confidence,confronting-problems,deficiencies,exigence,honesty,humble,humility,immoral,individuals,longing,moral,need,oneness,reality,reflection,sin,strengthen,unity6 likeslike

The turmoil and dislocations confronting present-day society will not be solved until both the scientific and religious genius of the human race are fully utilized.Baha'i International Communitytags:baha-i,bahai,genius,human,peace,religion,science,turmoil,unity3 likeslike

The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.William Barrett,The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilizationtags:meaning,self-transcendence,source-of-self,unity2 likeslike

I implore the atheist not to judge the religious and I implore the religious to not find fault with the atheist. Be a good religious person, or be a good atheist person. How? By putting an end to faultfinding. All do what they believe in their best interest to do and with a little insight and understanding, all can see that the only way anyone can do any good service to the world, is by being thankful for what is been given him, by looking inwards to correct his own faults instead of the perceived faults of others, and by keeping his eye upon his own horizon; not upon the perceived horizons of anybody else.C. JoyBell C.tags:an-end-to-the-battle,atheist,be-a-good-person,harmony,inspirational-quotes,no-faultfinding,no-judgment,peace,religious,understanding,understanding-the-atheist,understanding-the-religious,unity,wisdom-quotes2 likeslike

We are all united by both pain and love. Both a smile and a wound. We are all united by these very basic yet very influential things, because we all recognize them, we all know what they feel like to have or to give. Everything else, all the other things that do not unite us those things are all illusions.C. JoyBell C.tags:illusions,overcoming-illusions,uniting-humankind,unity,unity-of-all-people2 likeslike

When Coleridge tried to define beauty, he returned always to one deep thought; beauty, he said, is unity in variety! Science is nothing else than the search to discover unity in the wild variety of nature,or, more exactly, in the variety of our experience. Poetry, painting, the arts are the same search, in Coleridges phrase, for unity in variety.Bronowskitags:art,balance,golden-mean,philosophy,science,thought,unity,variety2 likeslike

Its not just tougher out there. Its become a situation where the contest is how much you can destroy the system, rather than how much you can make it work. It makes no difference if you have a D or an R after your name. Theres no sense that this is about democracy, and after the election you have to work together, and knit the country together. The people in the game now just think to the first Tuesday in November, and not a day beyond it.Peter Harttags:bipartisanism,competition,democrats,elections,politics,presidential-politics,primary-elections,republicans,u-s-politics,unity2 likeslike

They seemed so united that I loved them as one person." Lee wrote of his son and daughter-in-law on his daughter-in-law's death.Robert E. Leetags:in-laws,marriage,unity1 likeslike

If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.E.A. Bucchianeri,Brushstrokes of a Gadflytags:christ,christian,christianity,god,one-christ-one-church,religion,theological,thought-provoking,unity1 likeslike

The risen Lord is the new Temple, the real meeting place between God and man.Pope Benedict XVI,Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrectiontags:divine,lord,meeting-place,temple,unity1 likeslike

Therefore, she hummed the provincial lullaby she had learned from the officers children in the English Quarter of Jerusalem, and watched in fascination while the savage radicals eyes misted over with tears. For an instant, the prison bars melted away, and she felt Gods presencefor the first time since their imprisonment. She was not a captive, and this man was not her captor. Indeed, they were both merely Gods children.V.S. Carnestags:christian,god,hope,lullaby,unity1 likeslike

There are often beams in our eye that we know not of. Let us therefore ask that our eye may become single, for then we ourselves shall become wholly single.Vincent van Gogh,The Letters of Vincent van Goghtags:self,unity,vision1 likeslike

When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experience; the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes.T.S. Eliottags:experience,formation,poet-s-mind,unity1 likeslike

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.Elton Trueblood,Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadershiptags:argument,debate,division,prayer,unity1 likeslike

At a certain point in his life he stopped searching for himself in everything that exists and gave in to temptations. Or, as you say, he sinned and later fled.Laura Esquivel,Malinchetags:identity,sin,unity1 likeslike

The Secret to saneful living is in the Key between these two worlds. In order to serve the higher ideal, one must revert to serving the Spark within all the multiplicities herein conceivable in the apparent world. The spark in itself is not contained for it encompasses both realities, that of the inner, and the apparentAainaA-Ridtz,The Sacred Key Transcending Humanitytags:consciousness,divinity-within,life,unicity,unity1 likeslike

Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta`Ala {The Absolute Divine UnNamed} DOES NOT test to "See" if you're worthy of Jannaah or Jahannam ! If only one can perceive this, one knows it is one that places oneself in either station !!AainaA-Ridtztags:divine,divinity-within,heaven,hell,life,unicity,unity1 likeslike

Saying a prayer can be as simple as thinking positive thoughts about someoneits not an act that needs to be tied to any particular religion or system of beliefs. I can say a prayer just by saying I wish you peace after someone becomes angry with me for something trivial; I can say a prayer for the woman who is always cheerful (or gloomy) at the store where I shop by thinking I wish you all the best in lifegood health, good relationships, and all of your true needs fulfilled. Of course, if you want to pray to God in the form in which you conceive of God, thats fine, tooand your prayer will not be wasted. Think about it. Is the world a better place when you walk away from someone either forgetting them immediately or thinking negative thoughts about them? This world of ours can use all the positive thoughts we can contribute to it, and our simple and heartfelt prayers are some of the most positive thoughts we can create and share. And they affect us as much as, if not more than, they affect the objects of our prayers.Tom Walsh,Just for Today, The Expanded Editiontags:compassion,oneness,positive-thinking,prayer,praying,unity1 likeslike

Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings.Ann Leckie,Ancillary Justicetags:beginnings,disunity,endings,unity0 likeslike

The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.Rabindranath Tagoretags:acceptance,unity0 likeslike

Expansion (both far and wide) is the order of the daySereda Aleta Dailey,The Art of Manifesting Abundancetags:abundance,bliss,life,love,manifest-destiny,poetry,unity,wellbeing0 likeslike

Leonardo believed his research had thepotential to convert millions to a more spiritual life. Last year he categorically proved the existence ofan energy force that unites us all. He actually demonstrated that we are all physically connected that the molecules in your body are intertwined with the molecules in mine that there is a single force moving within all of us.Dan Brown,Angels & Demonstags:body,energy,intertwined,molecules,physical,science,spirituality,unity0 likeslike

He (Abraham Lincoln) is one of the few men in history, our own history and all history, whose religion was great enough to bridge the gulfs between the sects, to encompass us all.Dean sperrytags:divisiveness,glory-of-god,unity0 likeslike

I have never known birds of different species to flock together. The very concept is unimaginable. Why, if that happened, we wouldn't stand a chance! How could we possibly hope to fight them?Alfred Hitchcocktags:birds,unity0 likeslike

There are things that I love when mankind works together helps each other learns from each other teaches each other cries for one another laughs with one another builds with one another heals one another entertains one another worships with one another. The unity of mankind there is nothing so glorious.Gerard de Marigny,Nothing So Glorioustags:compassion-quotes,glorious,inspirational,inspirational-attitude,inspirational-quote,inspirational-quotes,unity,unity-of-all-people0 likeslike

Pulau-pulau kecil yang terlihat olehmu, dipersatukan semuanya oleh laut. Setiap pulau beda, namun keberadaan mereka karena laut yang satu dan sama.Anand Krishna,Indonesia Under Attack! Membangkitkan Kembali Jati Diri Bangsatags:nationalism,philosophy,unity0 likeslike

Our culture values independence and isolation far too much, it seems to me--we have a hard time making ourselves part of things, of making ourselves responsible to others, and trusting others to be there for us. Sure, there's pain involved if we get hurt, but there's far more pain in isolation. I love community because God gave us other people to live with, not to pull away from, and I learn so much from others that I can't imagine my life without the learning I've gained from getting to know other people.Tom Walshtags:belonging,community,interdependence,learning,oneness,unity0 likeslike

The American flag doesn't give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It's when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength. When she unfolds her hand, and shows her frayed fingers, where we see the stretch of red-blood lines of man that fought for this land. The purity of white stripes that strips our sins, and the stars of Abraham's covenant, broad in a midnight blue sky. The rights our forefathers established. As it waves high in the currents of freedom, where the Torch of Liberty shines over the sea, does she give meaning to unity. When we strive as one nation, or when it drops half-mast, to a fallen soldier.Quotes About UnityQuotes tagged as "unity"(showing 91-120 of 187)

One word can end a fight; One hug can start a friendship; One smile can bring Unity; One person can change your entire life!Israelmore Ayivortags:1,change,change-for-the-better,change-your-life,conflicts,end-the-fight,food-ffor-thought,friends,friendship,hug,hug-me,i-love-peace,i-love-you,inspirational,inspire,israelmore-ayivor,just-one,life,little,little-things,love,motivation,motivational,one,one-hug,one-love,one-person,one-smile,one-word,peace,peaceful,people,person,relationship,say-no-to-terriorism,smile,united,unity,war,word,you-can-do-it15 likeslike

He who fights is powerless, but he who loves is power itself.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:acceptance,anger,awakening,awareness,buddhism,compassion,conflict,conflict-resolution,enlightenment,inspiration,inspirational,inspirational-quotes,know-thyself,love,oneness,peace,power,resistance,self-awareness,spiritual,spirituality,unity,universal-love,wisdom-quotes,zen8 likeslike

Every 'no' is a 'yes' to something.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,consciousness,dark-and-light,duality,good-and-evil,inspiration,inspirational,intention,know-thyself,purpose,self-awareness,self-transformation,suffering,transformation,unity8 likeslike

We lose our ability to live fully if we neglect or ignore our responsibility to the other people who share this planet with us. We simply cannot reach our full potential without the insights and observations that other people--our teachers--have to give us. We cannot feel whole until we are helping other people to reach for their potential and to grow as strong as they can grow. We do need down time, and we do need time to ourselves, but we very much need to acknowledge our ties to our fellow human beings and act as if those people meant more to us than our jobs or pets or cars do. They are much more important than anything material that we ever can get our hands on or strive for.Tom Walshtags:caring,community,giving,helping-others,learning,love,others,sharing,unity7 likeslike

Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awakening,awareness,compassion,consciousness,empathy,forgiveness,haiku,identity,inspiration,inspirational-quotes,know-thyself,love,meetings,oneness,poetry,reflection,self-awareness,spiritual,spirituality,sympathy,unity,wisdom,wisdom-quotes7 likeslike

To the ego, love is poison.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,consciousness,duality,ego,enlightenment,love,oneness,unity5 likeslike

Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity: between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.Aberjhani,The Wisdom of W.E.B. DuBoistags:aberjhani,afghanistan-war,conflict-resolution,diplomacy,faith,global-march-for-peace-and-unity,global-village,hope,international-community,love,nonviolence,nonviolent-conflict-resolution,peace-movement,peacism,political-debate,spirituality,syria,syrian-civil-war,unity,violence,war,wisdom,world-community,world-peace-day5 likeslike

Every integral man has inside him, in his heart of hearts, a mystic center around which all else revolves. This mystic whirling lends unity to his thoughts and actions; it helps him find or invent the cosmic harmony. For some this center is love, for others kindness or beauty, others the thirst for knowledge or the longing for gold and power. They examine the relative value of all else and subordinate it to this central passion.Nikos Kazantzakis,Report to Grecotags:passion,unity5 likeslike

Then he realized: 'I, indeed, am this creation; for I have poured it forth from myself.' In that way he became this creation. And verily, he who knows this becomes in this creation a creator.Brihadaranyaka Upanishadtags:awakening,awareness,becoming,consciousness,creation,god,identity,know-thyself,objective-and-subjective,oneness,philosophy,reality,self,spirituality,truth,unity,universe,upanishad,wisdom4 likeslike

He read the veinings of a leaf, the pattern on a mushroom cap, and divined mysteries, relations, futures, possibilities: the magic of symbols, the foreshadowing of numbers and writing, the reduction of infinitudes and multiplicities to simplicity, to system, to concept. For all these ways of comprehending the world through the mind no doubt lay within him, nameless, unnamed, but not inconceivable, not beyond the bounds of presentiment, still in the germ, but essential to his nature, part of him, growing organically within him. And if we were to go still further back beyond this Rainmaker and his time which to us seems so early and primitive, if we were to go several thousand years further back into the past, wherever we found man we would still find - this is our firm belief - the mind of man, that mind which has no beginning and always has contained everything that it later produces.Hermann Hesse,The Glass Bead Gametags:mind,unity3 likeslike

It doesn't matter how you conceive of divinity. It only matters that you see it in everything, including yourself.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:acceptance,appreciation,awareness,compassion,consciousness,divinity,enlightenment,god,healing,inspiration,inspirational,know-thyself,love,oneness,peace,religion,self-acceptance,self-awareness,self-love,spiritual,spirituality,unity,wholeness3 likeslike

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.Aesop,Aesop's Fablestags:enemy,fight,team,union,unity3 likeslike

To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate the presence of a second universal force, but are only names given to the one Light unperceived.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,consciousness,dark-and-light,duality,enlightenment,fear,good-and-evil,illusion,oneness,perception,reality,spiritual,spirituality,truth,unity,vision,wholeness2 likeslike

Our instrumental part in the symphony of life is to allow love to create a space within our own awareness, through which the undreamed mystery may emerge as a knowable reality.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,consciousness,dream,know-thyself,life,love,meaning-of-life,mystery,oneness,purpose,purpose-of-life,reality,self-knowledge,truth,unity,wholeness2 likeslike

When success is uniform, the celebration becomes universal. Of which use is it to you to rejoice at the time your friend cries?Israelmore Ayivortags:celebrate,celebration,cries,cry,crying,food-for-thought,friend,friends,israelmore-ayivor,joy,laugh,laughing-together,love,love-one-another,love-your-neighbour,rejoice,shed-tears,smile,success,successfull,time,together,uniform,unity,universal,universe,weep2 likeslike

While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of men. There are nations more susceptible of cultivation, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than othersbut none in themselves nobler than others.Alexander von Humboldt,Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe: Part One, 1858tags:civilized,equality,homo-sapiens,human-species,humanism,humanity,identity,race,racism,unity2 likeslike

I searched for my Beloved in the strangest of places, until the day I realized I couldn't take my eyes off Her.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:beloved,god,goddess,love,oneness,passion,sufi,unity2 likeslike

Change is possible through dialogue and unity. We must be ever vigilantto uncover the historical roots of the conflicts that divide us,ever vigilant to speak the truth to power. And it is to historythat we must look to find our way forward, to find solutionsto problems old and new.DaShanne Stokes,The Unfinished Dream: A Discussion on Rights, Equality, and Inclusivitytags:dialogue,equality,inclusivity,inspirational,rights,unity2 likeslike

The purpose of suffering is to contain the light of your desire until you see yourself in everything.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,consciousness,desire,karma,oneness,purpose,suffering,truth,unity2 likeslike

Mbili jumulisha mbili wakati mwingine si sawa na nne. Ni sawa na nne jumulisha moja kwa sababu moja ni nguvu ya ushirikiano.Enock Maregesitags:five,four,one,plus,power,two,unity2 likeslike

There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say one church is better than fifty. I have tried to remove the plural form churches from my vocabulary, training myself to think of the church as Christ did, and as the early Christians did. The metaphors for her are always singular a body, a bride. I heard one gospel preacher say it like this, as he really wound up and broke a sweat: "We've got to unite ourselves as one body. Because Jesus is coming back, and he's coming back for a bride not a harem.Shane Claiborne,The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radicaltags:church,unity1 likeslike

Of what need is teamwork without a common goal?Ogwo David Emeniketags:goal,successful-living,team-spirit,teamwork,unity1 likeslike

I may now add that civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind.Sigmund Freud,Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard Edition)tags:civilization,eros,freud,humanity,mankind,nations,people,race,unity1 likeslike

if we work together, we can do everything, if we just watch each other, we can do nothingjohn paul santiagotags:unity1 likeslike

Love is the highest form of meditation.Eric Micha'el Leventhaltags:awareness,brotherhood,compassion,consciousness,love,meditation,oneness,unity1 likeslike

The greatest legacy a father can leave for his children before he departs is PEACE, otherwise his properties will go in PIECES sooner that he dies.Israelmore Ayivortags:at-peace-with-all,be-at-peace,child,children,death,die,died,dies,family,father,fight,food-for-thought,good-family,good-father,good-life,good-parents,harmony,impact,inherit,inheritance,israelmore-ayivor,legacy,love,mother,pass-away,peace,peace-party,peaceful-environment,pieces,progress,properties,unity1 likeslike

Even more remote from his way of thinking, even more impossible than any other thought, would have been words such as this: Is it only I alone who have created this experience, or is it objective reality? Does the Master have the same feelings as I, or would mine amuse him? Are my thoughts new, unique, my own, or have the Master and many before him experienced and thought exactly the same? No, for him there were no such analyses and differentiations. Everything was reality, was steeped in reality, full of it as bread dough is of yeast.Hermann Hesse,The Glass Bead Gametags:knowing,reality,subjectivity,unity0 likeslike

The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the maintenance of its stability.Walter Russell Meadtags:community,unity,vested-interest0 likeslike

Humans are like sheepscattered everywherea shepherd is always needed to keep them unitedMuhammad Danish Rizwantags:guidance,humans,unity0 likeslike

Ainda que esse instante de gozo supremo pudesse durar-vos a vida inteira, nunca os dois que sois podereis chegar a ser um s.Jos Saramago,BlindnessONE PEOPLE, ONE WORLD WHY IS UNITY SO IMPORTANT?HomeHumanitarian Global CollaborationOne People, One World Why is unity so important?17AUGIf someone said to you, that you could dramatically improve the state of the world (End wars, terrorism, global poverty, political corruption, excessive greed, fix the environmental problems,) by doing one of the simplest of things, would you do it? It wouldnt cost you anything. Youd have absolutely nothing to lose by trying. And it would simply require you to support an idea. What idea could possibly make that much difference?Todays theme is Unity.Unity One People, One WorldIs humanity unified today? Do we work together towards our common good? Have the National Governments of each country ever come together and declared in one voice and heart, Its time that we stopped fighting amongst ourselves and started to truly work together, for the good of all people throughout the world. No. No. And No again.What happens when we unite towards our common good? How would the world change?Competitive Self-Interest is destructiveToday the countries of the world are not united at all. They dont work together. In fact, they do the EXACT OPPOSITE. Consider this question very carefully In a world where the self-centred interests of each National Government ALWAYS comes first, and with an economic system that pits ALL Countries and National Governments AGAINST each other, is any real peace, unity or true cooperation actually even possible?What happens when we unite towards our common good? How would the world change?Just like before, the answer is NO. And competitive economic greed and selfishness is also very, very destructive! Want proof?Take a look at the last 100 years.Over the last century, due to war mothers have lost sons, daughters have lost fathers. Entire families have been murdered. There have been Two World Wars and over 100 conflicts and genocides. Tens of Millions have been killed! People are still starving in parts of the world today. Poverty is still killing children every day. There are still homeless people begging on the streets. Access to clean water and sanitation is still a problem for thousands. The rich continue to get richer, while the poor get poorer. And now the worlds Environment is also in decline. Politicians and political partys after decades of failures still promise with every election, to make a difference. Do you believe them? Can they ever make a difference when they are economically and strategically fighting AGAINST each other, to look after their own NATIONAL interests?So you may well be asking at this point, If they cant fix the problems, how can I possibly make a difference?Your support makes a difference!So now back to the original question. What idea could possibly change all this? Actually, its not one idea but two. Together, they form the complete solution.

First of all UNITY is absolutely essential even if most Politicians are incapable of trusting each other. If humanity is to ever resolve the major problems in the world today, countries and their respective governments must start working together towards their collective good. This kind of cohesive psychological global unity and cooperation must exist for any real change to become possible.Currently, National Governments are all psychologically pulling in different directions, according to their own self-centred interests. They need to all be heading in the same direction aligned towards their common good.Second there must be wise leadership. Im sorry, but selecting people to run entire countries based solely on nothing more than a popularity contest is just asking for trouble! And that is exactly what happens. Politics has become a dirty word in many peoples minds due to the corruption, rigged elections, and other distasteful elements surrounding it. It needs Independent Assessment Standards like any other important job role in society. You dont allow a pilot to fly a plane based on popularity. He has to be qualified based on independent assessment tests. Or allow a surgeon to operate without the proper skills. Or a teacher to teach. Each is independently assessed to ensure that they have the right skills for the role and surely wisdom is one of the most important for a political leader in charge of an entire country.How many wise politicians do you know?One People, One WorldThese two simple ideas by themselves, are all that is required to significantly improve the state of the world.Unity + Wise Leadership = An end to the majority of the Worlds problems.So heres how you can make a difference.Support these ideas. Talk to others about supporting these ideas. Share this email with them. Supporting an idea doesnt cost anything. But its from supporting an idea like choosing to fly to the moon that the idea starts to gather the necessary momentum and power to become a reality!Just like in thisstory, when each of us contributes our support, the combined strength that we generate grows, and by that very action, takes us one step closer towards the unity that we need to change our world for the better.Remember Ideas are not just ideas. They are the seeds of action that change the world!Queen's speech to focus on theme of family unitySaturday 24 December 2011THE Queen's Christmas message to the nation will focus on the strength of family, friends and the community working together.The family is an important institution for the monarch who is not only head of state but a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.Her position as head of the Commonwealth often referred to as the family of nations gives her another perspective on the role and strength of a family unit.The Christmas address is written by the Queen herself and usually has a strong religious framework, reflecting current issues and drawing on her own experiences over the past year.The speech is one of the rare occasions when she does not turn to the Government for advice but is able to voice her own views.The last 12 months have seen some momentous events for the Queen from her historic visit to the Republic of Ireland to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.The Duke of Edinburgh also celebrated his 90th birthday and the Queen presided over a major meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Perth, Australia.During the message, which was recorded on December 9 and will be broadcast in full on Christmas Day, the Queen will say: "Of course, family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation. The Commonwealth is a family of 53 nations, all with a common bond, shared beliefs, mutual values and goals."In the broadcast, filmed in Buckingham Palace's 1844 room, the Queen is wearing rimless spectacles, a strawberry red dress by Angela Kelly with her diamond and platinum Flame Lily brooch, which was a 21st birthday present from the children of Southern Rhodesia.At the start of the footage, the Queen can be seen meeting senior Sky News staff who produced this year's Christmas message a first for the broadcaster.As the short extract from the annual address draws to a close, the Band of the Irish Guards are featured playing the carol O Little Town of Bethlehem on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.Then children from St Joseph's Catholic Infants' School in Camberwell, south London, are seen performing a scene from a nativity play.The message will be transmitted on both television and radio at 3pm on Christmas Day.It will be available on the Royal Channel on the YouTube website and will also be shown in Commonwealth countries.

(Speech of President JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA on the occasion of the13th Anniversary Celebration of the EDSA Revolution at the EDSA Shrine,Quezon City, at 3:30 p.m. of February 22, 1999.)

TAOS-puso akong bumabati sa lahat ng ating mga kababayan samakasaysayang okasyong ito, and ika-labintatlong anibersaryo ngEDSA People Power Revolution. Isang malaking karangalan para saakin ang makasama sa pagkakataong ito ang mga bayani ng EDSA nanagpamalas sa mundo na kaya ng sambayanang Pilipinong ibalik angdemokrasya sa mapayapang paraan.

Kung hindi dahil sa kanila, hindi magiging, makabuluhan ang pagdiriwangnatin ng ikasandaang taon ng ating kalayaan noong nakaraang taon, bale-walarin sana ang pagsapit ng sentenaryo ng ating pagka-bansa noong nakaraangEnero, dahil ano ang silbi ng paggunita natin sa unang Republika ng Pilipinaskung hindi naman tayo malaya?

Kung hindi dahil sa kanila, wala rin marahil Pangulo ngayon na JosephEjercito Estrada. Kaya't sa araw na ito, muli nating pasalamatan ng lubos angkanilang kagitingan at dakilang pagmamahal sa ating bayan.

Si Pangulong Cory Aquino ang siyang naging simbolo ng pagbabalik ngdemokrasya sa ating bansa, ipinamana niya sa ating lahat ang isang matatagna demokrasya.

Si Pangulong Fidel V. Ramos naman ay muling pinatatag ang atingpamahalaan at binuhay ang ating pambansang ekonomiya. Walang pagodniyang pinagtibay ang kapayapaan, na siya namang naging pundasyon ngmga reporma para palakasin ang ating bansa.

Ang minamahal nating Jaime Cardinal Sin ay wala ring pagod na binabantayanang ating demokrasya. Dahil sa kanya, ang simbahan ay nanatiling isangmalakas na puwersa para maging tapat ang mga pulitiko na magsilbi sabayan.

Ipinakita rin ng iba pa nating mga Bayani ng EDSA na hindi nagtapos sapagbabalik ng ating demokrasya ang kanilang paglilingkod sa bayan, si datingDefense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile ay kung ilang beses nang nagingsenador. Si Butz Aquino ng August twenty-One Movement, o ATOM, aynaging senador din at ngayon naman ay Congressman ng Makati City. At siCol. Gringo Honasan ay Senador na rin.

Diyan natin makikita na ang ating tinatamasang demokrasya ngayon ay hindilamang nila ipinaglaban noon sa EDSA. Ipinaglalaban pa rin nila ito ngayon -sa senado, sa kongreso, sa simbahan, maging sa lansangan. At sa kaso ngdalawa nating dating Pangulo, higit pa nila itong pinalakas sa Malakanyang.

Pitong taon na ang nakaraan, nagkaroon ng mapayapang pagsalin ngkapangyarihan mula kay Pangulong Aquino kay Pangulong Ramos. At noongnakaraang Hunyo naman ng taong nakalipas ay mapayapa ring isinalin saakin ni Pangulong Ramos ang pagiging Pangulo. Ito ay nagpapatunay ngkatatagan ng ating kaayusang pampulitika.

The Legacy of EDSA

I stand before you today fortunate and proud to have succeeded two worthyleaders who not only kept the legacy of EDSA alive but also enhanced itsspirit.

Today, Filipinos live in the glory of democracy and by ways of freedom. Thisrestored democracy and freedom we all owe to that momentous event whenFilipinos from all walks of life came out with one heart, one soul, one voice toprove that tanks could be powerless against rosaries and guns could besilenced by prayers.

EDSA was, by and large, a reawakening. It was when people subordinatedpersonal interests to the national good. It was when Filipinos became trulyFilipinos - deserving of the sacrifices of our heroes and that of man whobelieved they were worth dying for.

Naririto tayo ngayon upang sariwain ang bahagi ng ating kasaysayannagpakilala sa kagitingan ng ating lahi sa buong mundo. Ang EDSA revolutionay labis na hinangaan at di naglaon ay pinamarisan ng iba pang mgasumisibol na demokrasya. Sa Germany, sa Hungary, Sa Korea, sa Rusya,maging sa Tsina at Myanmar, naging inspirasyon nila ang kabayanihangipinamalas ng sambayanang Pilipino mula ika-22 hangang ika-25 ng Pebreronoong taong 1986.

Standing by the ways of freedom

Nang dahil sa EDSA, ang inyong abang lingkod ay naging Pangulo ngsambayanang may kalayaan pumili at maghalal kaya naman tungkulin kongipagpatuloy ang simulaing nagbalik sa ating karapatang mamuhay nangmalaya.

Alam ng marami na ako po ay natanggal sa puwesto bilang Mayor ng SanJuan pagkatapos ng EDSA tinanggap ko 'yon bilang paraan upang maipatupadang malawakang reporma. Kung hindi sa pangyayaring iyon, baka hindi akonaging Senador, Bise-Presidente, at ngayon, inyong Pangulo.

There is truth to the saying that when God closes a window, he opens abigger door. When the Filipinos went through great sufferings before EDSA,they were just being prepared for something bigger.

Kung pinatatag ni Pangulong Aquino ang ating demokrasya at binuhay namanni Pangulong Ramos ang ating ekonomiya, ano pa ang aking pwedeng gawinpara mapabuti ang kalagayan ng mga Pilipino? Ano ang kailangan kong gawinpara manatiling buhay ang diwa ng EDSA?

The fight continues

Mga minamahal kong kababayan, di pa tapos ang laban ng EDSA. Hindimagiging ganap ang ating kalayaan kung ang masang Pilipino ay nabubuhaypa rin sa kahirapan.

More than one hundred years ago, the masses pinned their hopes for a betterlife on the attainment of independence. They fought for what they believed tobe the broader goals of the revolution - a brotherhood among Filipinos, equalopportunities for the rich and the poor, and the eradication of poverty.

Hindi pa nating nakakamit ang mga hangaring yan kaya't ito ang atingipinaglalaban ngayon - ang ma-ahon ang ating mga kababayan sa kahirapan,mabigyan sila ng katarungan. Mabawi ang kanilang dignidad at mabuhay nangmapayapa at masagana.

Nariyan pa rin ang maraming hamon na dapat nating harapin tulad ngkakulangan sa pagkain, disenteng tirahan at mahusay na edukasyon ng atingmga maliliit na kababayan. Patuloy nating nilalabanan ang anomalya saGobyerno, ang pagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan, at pagsasamantala sakapuwa. Susugpuin natin ang kriminalidad at paglaganap ng mga bawal nagamot Today we are waging new battles against the tyranny of poverty, against graftand corruption against criminality, against drug abuse and trafficking, againstthe degradation of the environment.puputulin din natin ang pag-aabuso ng iilan sa ating kalikasan.

Dito natin kailangan ang diwa ng EDSA - ang ating pagkakaisa, atpagtutulungan. At ako'y handang mamuno sa labang ito. Ang tanging hangadko ngayon ay maalaala bilang Pangulong naging kampeon ng mahihirap, atsisiguraduhin kong mangyari ito sa natitira pang 1,955 araw ng akingpanunungkulan.

The need for unity and solidarity today

Mas malaki, mas malawak at mas malalim ang hamon na naghinintay sa mgaPilipino ngayon hindi pa tapos ang pakikibaka natin laban sa mga kaaway ngtunay na kalayaan - ang kalayaang mamuhay ng marangal at sapat sa mgapangunahing pangangailangan.

Kung tayong lahat aymagtutulungan tulad nang ginawa natin noon sa EDSA,kaya nating labanan ang hamon na 'yan at mas malayo pa ang atingmararating kung ang mga taga-Maynila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Cotabato at ibapang sulok ng Pilipinas ay nagkaisa noong 1986, bakit hindi tayo pwedengmagkaisa ngayon? Kung nagsama-sama tayo noon - bata man o matanda,may-kaya o wala, kristiyano at Muslim, bakit hindi tayo magsama-samangmuli?

Sa halip na tayo ay maghatakan pababa, tayo ay magkapit-bisig, imbes namag-iringan, tayo ay mag-usap ng mahinahon. Imbes na pintasan ang iba,tayo ay kumilos na lamang at gumawa ng aksiyon.

Tanging ang ating pagkakaisa ang makasasagip sa ating kalagayan ngayon.Ito rin ang dahilan kung bakit, isang daang taon mula nang makamit natin angkalayaan at labing-tatlong taon matapos mabalik ang ating demokrasya, tayoay hindi umunlad ng husto at napag-iwanan ng ating mga karatig-bansa.

Si Pangulong Aguinaldo, sa pagbubukas ng Kongreso sa Barasoain na siyangnagtatag sa ating Republika ay nagbigay ng ganitong payo sa ating mgakababayan: "Mag-isang loob tayo, sa pagka't walang ibang magkakapatidkundi tayo-tayo rin" bilang Pangulo sa simula ng pangalawang Daang taon ngating pagka-bansa ito pa rin ang aking hinihiling nang sabihin kong "Walangtutulong sa Pilipino kundi kapwa Pilipino."

Closing

Let us achieve reconcilation based on justice. Let us attain unity and solidarityso we can move our country forward faster. Isantabi natin ang mga personalna interes at pamumulitika para sa kapakanan ng nakrarami. This should bethe way of freedom and democracy, this is the only way to go for Filipinos.

Magiging makabuluhan lamang ang ating pagdiriwang na ito kung angpagkakaisang pinanindigan ng mga Pilipino sa EDSA noong 1986 ay mulinating bubuhayin sa kasalukuyang panahon.

To ensure that the legacy of EDSA lives on, I here today issuing an executiveorder creating an EDSA People Power Commission to perpetuate andpropagate the spirit of EDSA. Among its functions will be to initiate activitiesthat will expand awareness of the principles and values that the EDSA peoplerevolution stands for and plan, organize and implement the yearlycommemoration of the February 22-25, 1986 EDSA revolution.

The commission shall have 25 members, to be chaired by a cabinet memberand cochaired by a private sector, representative. Lifetime honorarymembership to the commission shall be given to former President Corazon C.Aquino, former President Fidel V. Ramos, and Manila Archbishop JaimeCardinal Sin.

Tulad nga po ng aking sinabi sa "Ulat sa Bayan" sa simula ng atong ito: Saating pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan tayo ay sabaysabay na babangon bilangisang bansa, bilang isang lipunan, bilang isang lahi.

Maraming salamat at mabuhay ang sambayanang Pilipino!Source:Manila BulletinPresident Benigno S. Aquino III"sSpeech at the briefing and inspection of the Compostela Valley Core-Shelter Housing

Compostela Valley

22 Dec 2013

Maupo ho tayong lahat. Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.

Atin pong namayat na head ng typhoon Pablo:

Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras; Secretary Babes Singson, na nangako po sa akin na magkakakalsada dito, sasamahan pa ng tulay yong kalsada hong pinag-uusapan natin, hindi putik ha [laughter], kongkreto ang pinag-uusapan natin ha: farm-to-market road po ; Secretary Voltaire Gazmin; Secretary Dinky Soliman; Secretary Icot Petilla; pinakabago ho nating kalihim, Secretary Ping Lacson; nandito rin po ang NHA na General Manager, si Chito Cruz; siyempre ang butihing Governor Chiongkee Uy; kasamahan ko sa kongreso na si Way Kuratmaganda ho ang talumpati ni Way Kurat noong araw sa dual citizenship. Mahirap raw hong makasakay sa dalawang bangka, baka maghiwalay. Baka mapunita ka pag nakatungtong ka sa dalawang bangka.

Siyempre, butihin nating Mayor Rey Navarro; fellow workers in government; honored guests; mga pinalangga kong kaigsunan.

Parang masakitmahigit isang taon na po ang nakalipas mula nang sumalanta ang bagyong Pablo sa kalakhang Mindanao. Ito po ang pinakamalakas na bagyong humagupit noong 2012umabot sa mahigit pitondaang libong pamilya ang apektadoat karamihan po sa kanila ay nakatira sa Davao Oriental at dito po sa Compostela Valley.

Nito namang mga nagdaang buwan, patong-patong na trahedya ang muling sumalubong sa atinmula sa kaguluhan sa Lungsod ng Zamboanga, lindol sa Bohol, hanggang sa hagupit ng bagyong Yolanda sa Kabisayaan.

Alam po nyo, may mas bata po akong kapatid, ang pangalan Viel, sumunod po sa akin, gitna po namin ni Kris. Tinext [text] ako noong isang araw, Alam mo, ika niya, Naaawa ako sa iyo. Sabi ko, Bakit ka naman maaawa sa akin? Kasi ang problema mo hindi sunod-sunod. Ang problema mo patong-patong. Yong sunod-sunod ho kasi, natapos niya yong unang problema tapos may pumalit na problema. Tapos, pag patong-patong naman ho, inaayos mo pa lang ang isang problematulad nito, yong dala ni Pabloeh dumating naman yong pinsan niyang si Yolanda. Pero, sabi ko, alam nyo sanay na tayo sa problema. Mula noong pagpasok ko sa trabahong ito, long hair pa ho ako noon, marami na talaga tayong problemang dinatnan. Kaya pag yong ating miyembro ng gabinete ang napapagod, sabi ko sa kanila, Tatandaan ninyo pag dumating ang panahong wala tayong problema, iyon naman ang problema. Dahil magiging boring na. Pero puwede rin namang wag masyadong interesting at exciting.

Sa pagbisita ko po sa inyo ngayon, simple lang ang gusto kong maipaabot: Hindi kayo nakakalimutan ng inyong gobyerno.Habang sabay-sabay nating hinaharap ang mga panibagong problema ng sambayanan, patuloy tayong nagsusumikap para tugunan ang inyong mga pangangailangan.

Sa pangunguna na nga ho ng ating butihing gabinete, nagsasagawa tayo ng mga inisyatibang ang hangad ay hindi lamang akayin kayo sa pagbangon, kundi tulungan din kayo sa pagsulong. Kaya nga ho parati nating sinasabi, Build back better. Di ba, kung dadalhin ang lugar nyo sa dating lugar na masasalanta tuwing bagyo, yon ang pinahaba lang nang pinahaba ang problema. Kaya nang binanggit kanina ni Dinky, kinausap ang MGBhindi po yong Magandang Gabi Bayan, MGB po yong Mines and Geosciences Bureau sa ilalim po ng DENRsinuri saan ba ang pinakamatatag na lupain, saan ba dito ang mailalayo sa kapahamakan kung may bagyo. At ito nga ho ang napiling lugar kung saan mas ligtas ang sitwasyon nyo. Kaya kung tayoy magtatayo ng bahay, magtatayo ng pasilidad, imprastraktura, mas nakakasigurado tayong ditong mas ligtas kayo. Yon po ang sinasabi nating build back better na ilagay kayo sa mas mabuting kaayusan.

Noong Disyembre ng 2012, bumuo po tayo ng Task Force Pablo. Ito ang nangangasiwa ng Pablo Rehabilitation Plan na nakasandig sa isang prinsipyo at binabanggit ko ngang Build Back Better. Ang ibig-sabihin po nito, ulitin ko lang: Bawat inisyatibang ating ititindig sa inyong pagbangon, ay titiyakin nating di hamak na mas maayos at mas ligtas kaysa noon. Mula sa pabahay at relokasyon sa mas ligtas na mga lugar, sa pagsasaayos at pagpapatayo ng mga imprastraktura tulad ng kalsada, tulay, ospital, paaralan, at irigasyon hanggang sa paglilikha ng mas maraming oportunidad sa paghahanapbuhaybawat hakbang natin ay sisiguro sa pangmatagalang pagbabago sa mga komunidad, at tuluyan ninyong pagsulong.

Dito po sa Compostela Valley, nakapagpatayo na po tayo ng mahigit na animnaraang bahay, bukod pa ito sa mahigit dalawang libo na tatapusin natin sa lalong madaling panahon. Pauna pa lamang po ang mga ito sa tinatayang 27 libong kabahayang ipapatayo ng pamahalaan sa ibat ibang resettlement sites sa inyo pong probinsya. Sa ilailm ng Emergency Shelter Assistance Program ng DSWD, binigyang ayuda na rin natin ang mga pamilyang may tahanan na bahagyang napinsala ng bagyong Pablo.

Lubos po akong nagpapasalamat sa Task Force Pablosa pangunguna po ni Secretary Almendrasat sa bawat indibidwal o institusyong nakipagkapit-bisig upang makamit natin ang mga layuning ito.

Nasaksihan po ng sambayanang Pilipinoat maging ng buong mundoang mga sakunang nagdaan sa bansa. Sa

kabila nito, tunay na hindi maikakahon sa mga larawang lumalabas sa pahayagan o telebisyon ang sakripisyot paghihirap ng ating mga kababayan. Sa likod ng mga imahen ng hinagpis at pagkalugmok, ay ang hindi matitinag na tibay ng loob ng Pilipino; sa gitna ng mga eksena ng kaguluhan ay ang pagkakapit-bisig ng bawat isa para maibangon ang mga komunidad. Hindi nga po angkop na tawaging biktima ang mga Pilipinong nasalanta ng bagyodahil ang biktima po, tumitiklop, o naghihintay na lang ng kamay na aakay sa kanyang pagtindig. Kayong mga dumaan sa nagdaang trahedya, nagpakita kayo ng aktibong pagkilos at pakikiisa sa pamahalaan at sa iba pang katuwang na institusyon upang iangat ang inyong sarili at ang inyong mga komunidad. Tuloy, imbes na panghinaan ng loob sa mga lubak na ating pinagdadaanan sa tuwid na daan, ay lalo pa ninyong pinalalakas ang kumpiyansa ng buong pamahalaan para maglingkod, at isulong ang bayan.

Lagi ninyong pinapaalala sa akin: Pilipino ako, Pilipino tayomatatag, at kailanmay hindi patitinag sa anumang hamon. Walang kayang magpaluhod o magpayuko sa atin; at walang problemang hindi kayang lampasan kung lahat tayo ay nagbabayanihan. Totoo po: Kamo gihapon ang akong kusog. Kayo pa rin ang nagkukumpas sa bawat paghakbang natin sa tuwid na landas.

Sa kabila ng ating mga napapagtagumpayan, malinaw po na marami pa tayong kailangang gawin, at mahaba pa ang ating lalakbayin. Sa darating na Pasko, at sa darating pang panahon, sama-sama nawa nating ipamalas ang mga kilalang katangian ng Pilipinoang pagkakaisa, ang pagmamalasakit, at ang pagdadamayan. Huwag sana tayong magsawang kumayod at makiambag sa pagtataguyod ng bansa, at tiwala po ako, maabot na natin ang Pilipinas na matagal na nating inaasammas ligtas, mas payapa, at mas maunlad.

Pipilitin ko pong makabalik sa inyo, at pag nakabalik po ako dito, sana nirereklamo na ni Mayor Navarro