I always know that pen is mightier than sword and words can hurt especially when they smack of sarcasm. A word can have positive, negative and neutral connotation. A word with positive connotation exudes light feeling and jubilation and in the same time people tend to agitate when harsh word are hurled ar them.
What confounded me is that a word which is neutral can also spark controversy and subsequently lead to outburst or anger and general swearing of vengeance. The word " Allah " is a neutral word which suppose to be just a noun refering to god. However, people are at each other throat professing that only muslim can use the word as it is sacred . Likewise, christians stand firm and refuse to budge as giving in would mean compromising and eventually lead to more daring encroachment by the authority.
In the end, it remind me of a parable of the two goat. A white goat wants to cross the river and the only option is the bridge.As it was crossing the river, it met a black ,fat,strong,stout goat coming in its opposite way.As the bridge was narrow, only one of them can pass through which require another to retreat back to the banks of the river.Both refuse to retreat, and start hurling bad word at each other.The black goat, upon seeing his opponent as weak and thin, decided to charge forward and confront the white goat.The white goat refuse to cave in and resist the charge with all its might. The end results could happen in three ways.
1) Both of them slip and fall into the river. As they cannnot swim, both drown and perish. ( Malaysia decended into chaos and disoder,all malaysians will perish)
2)The black goat win and kill the white goat. However, as luck would have it, it bump into a tiger along the way.Too tired after the fight, it is unable to run for its life and become the meal of the tiger.( Muslim will win but our image at the international level will be tainted)3)
3)Both of them after fighting for the whole day,decided to seek consensus by having dialogue.( we set up a commitee for religious dialogue. )
The issue of the usage of the word " allah" by christian should not be brought to court in the first place because the issue is too sentitive and it does more harm than good in promoting religious tolerant and understanding in our country.
This is evident in the recent demonstration and destruction of church. Eventually , admist speculation that the destruction is done by extreme muslims, two mosque was attacked . The chain reaction could be dire and chaos may ensue.Sentiment and ego should definitelt take a backseat when come to religion issue .Only when we are prepare to resolve issue through dialogue , without trying to impose our values on others, then we can claim to be truly democratic and multireligious.
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The Best Quote to be Learned by Heart
Zig Ziglar
1)Building a better you is the first step to build a better America
2)Every choice you make hava an end result
3)Expect the best, prepare for the worst,capitalize on what come
4)Failure is a detour, not a dead end street.
5)I believe that being successful mean having success stories across many areas of lives.You cant considered very successful in your business life if you home life is in shambles
6)If you go out looking for a friend, you're going to find that they are very scare.if you go out to be a friend,you'll find them everywhere.
7)If you want to reach a goal, you must see the " reaching " in your mind before actually arrive at your goal.
8) It is character that get us out of our bed, commitment that move us into action, and discipline that enable us to follow through.
9)Many marriage would be better if husband and wife clearly understood that they are on the same side
10)Money won't make you happy, but everyone wants
to find out for themselves
11)Success depend upon gland--sweat glands
12) sometimes adversities is what you need in order to be successful.
13)The foundation stone for success are honesty,character,faith,integrity,love and loyalty.
14)When you are hard on yourself,life will be infinitely easier for you.
15)You could have everything you want in life if you just help other to get what they want
16) You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself
17)You cannot tailor- made the situation but you can tailor-made your attitude to fit in those situation.
18) You are born to be a winner, but to be a winner , you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win.
19) Your attitude , not your aptitude , will determine your altitude.
Dalai Lama.
1)All major tradition, religions carry the same message,that is: love, compassion, and forgiveness and they should be part of our lives.
2)Happiness is not something ready made. It come from our actions.
3)If you can't help others, at least do not harm them
4)In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
5)Generate a good attitude, a good heart.
6) My religion is simple. My religion is kindness.
7)Old fiend slip away, new friend appear. it is just like the days.An old day pass, a new day arrive.The most important is to make it meaningful.A meaningful day, a meaningful friend.
8)Sometimes, you create a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometime create as significant an impression by remain silent.
9)There is no need for temples and complicated philosophy.My brain and my heart are temples, My philosophy is kindness.
10) Today, more then every, life must be characterised by a sense of universal responsivility,not only nation to nation,but also human to other form of lives.
11)We can never obtain peace in the world unless we first make peace with ourselves
Aristotle.
1) Law is the mind without reason.
2) All paid job absorb and degrade the mind.
3) For the thing we have to learn before doing them,we learn by doing them
4) Pleasure in the job put perfection at work.
5)To perceive is to suffer
Mahatma Gandhi
1) The weak can never forgive.Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
2) What difference does it make to the dead,the orphan, the homeless, whether the destruction is brought upon under the name of totalitarinism or demoracy?
3)It may be long before the law of love can be recognised in international affairs.The machineries of government stand between and hide the heart of one people from those of others.
4)There is more to life then simply increasing its speed.
5)We must be the change we wish to see
6)The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
7)The moment there is suspicios about a person motives, what he does becomes tainted.
8)Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.
Napolean Bonaparte.
1)A leader is the dealer in hope.
2)Courage is like love,it must have hope for nourishment.
3)Imaginaion rule the world.
4) Nothing more difficult,therefore more precious ,than to be able to decide.
5)Strangers are friend just waiting to happen.
6)You become strong by defying defeat,and by turning loss into gain and failure into success.
7)Cherish your dreams and goals as there are the children of your soul annd the blueprint of your ultimate success.
8)Desire is the starting point of all achievement.Not a hope,not a wish,but a keen pulsating desire which transcend everything.
9)Dont wait.The time will never be right.
10)Great achievement is always the result of great sacrifice,and never the result of selfishness.
11)It is generally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
12)The best job go to a person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
13)The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun.It is the one which stand in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
14)What the mind can conceive and believe,it can achieve.
15)You are searching for the key to unloack the door to the source of power;and yet you have the key in your hand and you may to use it in the moment you learn to control your mind.
Mother Teresa
1)Be faithful in small thing because it is in them that your strength lie.
2)God doesnt look at how much we do,but with how much love we do it.
3)I know god would not give me things that i cant handle.I just wish He didnt trust me so much.
4)If we got no peace ,it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
5)Kind word are short and easy to speak but their echo are truly lasting.
6)There is more hunger for love and kind word in this world than for bread.
Mohammah Ali
1) Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
2) The man that do not have imagination do not have wings.
3)Champions arent make in gym,they are made from something deep inside them:a desire,a dream, a vision.
4)if they can make penicillin out of you, they can sure make something out of you.
5)if you ever think of beating me,you better wake up and appologise.
6)there are two things that are hard to hit and see,they are ghost and muhammad Ali.
1)Building a better you is the first step to build a better America
2)Every choice you make hava an end result
3)Expect the best, prepare for the worst,capitalize on what come
4)Failure is a detour, not a dead end street.
5)I believe that being successful mean having success stories across many areas of lives.You cant considered very successful in your business life if you home life is in shambles
6)If you go out looking for a friend, you're going to find that they are very scare.if you go out to be a friend,you'll find them everywhere.
7)If you want to reach a goal, you must see the " reaching " in your mind before actually arrive at your goal.
8) It is character that get us out of our bed, commitment that move us into action, and discipline that enable us to follow through.
9)Many marriage would be better if husband and wife clearly understood that they are on the same side
10)Money won't make you happy, but everyone wants
to find out for themselves
11)Success depend upon gland--sweat glands
12) sometimes adversities is what you need in order to be successful.
13)The foundation stone for success are honesty,character,faith,integrity,love and loyalty.
14)When you are hard on yourself,life will be infinitely easier for you.
15)You could have everything you want in life if you just help other to get what they want
16) You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself
17)You cannot tailor- made the situation but you can tailor-made your attitude to fit in those situation.
18) You are born to be a winner, but to be a winner , you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win.
19) Your attitude , not your aptitude , will determine your altitude.
Dalai Lama.
1)All major tradition, religions carry the same message,that is: love, compassion, and forgiveness and they should be part of our lives.
2)Happiness is not something ready made. It come from our actions.
3)If you can't help others, at least do not harm them
4)In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
5)Generate a good attitude, a good heart.
6) My religion is simple. My religion is kindness.
7)Old fiend slip away, new friend appear. it is just like the days.An old day pass, a new day arrive.The most important is to make it meaningful.A meaningful day, a meaningful friend.
8)Sometimes, you create a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometime create as significant an impression by remain silent.
9)There is no need for temples and complicated philosophy.My brain and my heart are temples, My philosophy is kindness.
10) Today, more then every, life must be characterised by a sense of universal responsivility,not only nation to nation,but also human to other form of lives.
11)We can never obtain peace in the world unless we first make peace with ourselves
Aristotle.
1) Law is the mind without reason.
2) All paid job absorb and degrade the mind.
3) For the thing we have to learn before doing them,we learn by doing them
4) Pleasure in the job put perfection at work.
5)To perceive is to suffer
Mahatma Gandhi
1) The weak can never forgive.Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
2) What difference does it make to the dead,the orphan, the homeless, whether the destruction is brought upon under the name of totalitarinism or demoracy?
3)It may be long before the law of love can be recognised in international affairs.The machineries of government stand between and hide the heart of one people from those of others.
4)There is more to life then simply increasing its speed.
5)We must be the change we wish to see
6)The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
7)The moment there is suspicios about a person motives, what he does becomes tainted.
8)Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.
Napolean Bonaparte.
1)A leader is the dealer in hope.
2)Courage is like love,it must have hope for nourishment.
3)Imaginaion rule the world.
4) Nothing more difficult,therefore more precious ,than to be able to decide.
5)Strangers are friend just waiting to happen.
6)You become strong by defying defeat,and by turning loss into gain and failure into success.
7)Cherish your dreams and goals as there are the children of your soul annd the blueprint of your ultimate success.
8)Desire is the starting point of all achievement.Not a hope,not a wish,but a keen pulsating desire which transcend everything.
9)Dont wait.The time will never be right.
10)Great achievement is always the result of great sacrifice,and never the result of selfishness.
11)It is generally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
12)The best job go to a person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
13)The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun.It is the one which stand in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
14)What the mind can conceive and believe,it can achieve.
15)You are searching for the key to unloack the door to the source of power;and yet you have the key in your hand and you may to use it in the moment you learn to control your mind.
Mother Teresa
1)Be faithful in small thing because it is in them that your strength lie.
2)God doesnt look at how much we do,but with how much love we do it.
3)I know god would not give me things that i cant handle.I just wish He didnt trust me so much.
4)If we got no peace ,it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
5)Kind word are short and easy to speak but their echo are truly lasting.
6)There is more hunger for love and kind word in this world than for bread.
Mohammah Ali
1) Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
2) The man that do not have imagination do not have wings.
3)Champions arent make in gym,they are made from something deep inside them:a desire,a dream, a vision.
4)if they can make penicillin out of you, they can sure make something out of you.
5)if you ever think of beating me,you better wake up and appologise.
6)there are two things that are hard to hit and see,they are ghost and muhammad Ali.
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