We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
HAILE SELASSIEA 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.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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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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Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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Place principle above all else.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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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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Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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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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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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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
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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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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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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.
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