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.
HAILE SELASSIEMahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare
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Leadership does not mean domination.
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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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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
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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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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
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He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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Place principle above all else.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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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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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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