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 SELASSIEEducation 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.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
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Outside 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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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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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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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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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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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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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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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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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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Place principle above all else.
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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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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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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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