Quotes About Unity

PROLOGUE Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! —RUDYARD KIPLING, The Ballad of East and West

esprit de corps

Things were so bad at Pearl Harbor," Seaman Mason recalled, "that even the chiefs were working.

Many as we are we're all as one We will always be up front to face the gun And we shall always hold the promise dear And we will whisper not, the littlest tear. Punished as we are we always fight Even to the armoured eyes of spite. Trusted as we are we'll never bleed The promise is so great within our creed.

I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!

Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.

There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.

B. & Rakim. Then straight after that we did the Bring the Noise tour with Public Enemy, N.W.A, and EPMD. "Colors" was always my opening song.

We were similar cats—alike in so many ways—

Within a year, I'd met Coco, and that quickly turned into an amazing relationship—now a beautiful marriage, going strong more than twenty years.

Analysis of the history of any successful organization will show that it owed its success to a team of people whose styles, behavior, and needs were different but who could work together. Although organizational success is usually attributed to one person, behind that person is a team that enabled him to perform well.

The higher the rate of change, the more inter and intra-dis( I) ntegration, and that is expressed in lack of inter and intra-love. Lack of inter-love. What is that? Aggression, hostility toward others.

Things that accord in tone vibrate together. Things that have affinity in their inmost natures seek one another. Water flows to what is wet, fire turns to what is dry. Clouds (the breath of heaven) follow the dragon, wind (the breath of earth) follows the tiger. . . What is born of heaven feels related to what is above. What is born of earth feels related to what is below. Each follows its kind.

Ser humano y mujer, ni más ni menos.

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.

The sight of God in woman is the most perfect of all." Ibn Arabi.

EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMI When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.

No practice exists in isolation.

The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.

What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.

Saying of the Prophet THE PEOPLE It is the people who are God's family. (Muhammad the Prophet)

I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about them. It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race. Face that one first.

At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all.