Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.
HAILE SELASSIEThe United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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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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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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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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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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Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.
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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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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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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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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.
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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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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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