Haile Selassie

A 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.

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

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.

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.

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

If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us