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.’
HAILE SELASSIEMany discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
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It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
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There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions – they lead to defeat.
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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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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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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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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 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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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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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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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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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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Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.
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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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