It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.
HAILE SELASSIEA well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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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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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 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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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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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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Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
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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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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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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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Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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Leadership does not mean domination.
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Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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