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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.

Haile Selassie

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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Progress Slow Success
An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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Establishment Identity Ourselves Past Personality
Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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Demand Effort See Unity
A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
HAILE SELASSIE

Education Fools Learning Man Myself
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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Difference Goal History Ourselves Path Strength Teaching Unity
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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Deal Death Enemy Men Stop War
No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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Faith God Human Judgement Oneself Way
Place principle above all else.
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Character One Liner Place Principle
Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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God Man Myself Religious
Leadership does not mean domination.
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Dominate Leadership One Liner
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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Art Expectation Grace Material Sacrifice Tree
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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Animal Compassion Easy
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare
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Attention Body Men People Sound Spiritual
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
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Foundation Home Rain Strong
There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
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Action Divine Ourselves Safety Teaching
It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.
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Important Material Spiritual

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