Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.
HAILE SELASSIEOutside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
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Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.
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A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
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Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
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If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.
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The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
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Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
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A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
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