Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Haile SelassieRead
Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
Interpretation
Peace is an ongoing process shaped by daily decisions and actions.
In this quote, Haile Selassie emphasizes that peace is not a static achievement but rather a continuous journey produced by various daily choices and circumstances. He suggests that achieving peace requires active engagement and a commitment to cultivating understanding and harmony in our lives and communities.
In practice
In a speech about conflict resolution, I referenced Selassie to highlight the importance of ongoing dialogue.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
Place principle above all else.
We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
My calling was first of all to ensure there was peace in the country, because we could easily have gone back to war. In the midst of the country, there were still warlords; there were many child soldiers who had never gone to school - they were part of the social setting - compromises had to be made.
In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.
The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
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