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. | Haile Selassie Quote

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others. | Haile Selassie Quote

Haile Selassie I: Emperor of Ethiopia Ras Tafari Makonnen lived from July 23, 1892, to Aug. 27, 1975. The Rastafari movement was born when political leader Marcus Garvey

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind. | Haile Selassie Quote

There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions - they lead to defeat. | Haile Selassie Quote

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. | Haile Selassie Quote

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A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation's development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated. | Haile Selassie Quote

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. | Haile Selassie Quote

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 Selassie Quote

You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow. | Haile Selassie Quote

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself? | Haile Selassie Quote

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily | Haile Selassie Quote

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements. | Haile Selassie Quote

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. | Haile Selassie Quote

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings. | Haile Selassie Quote

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans. | Haile Selassie Quote

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. | Haile Selassie Quote

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon. | Haile Selassie Quote

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy. | Haile Selassie Quote

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made. | Haile Selassie Quote

Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy. | Haile Selassie Quote

Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men. | Haile Selassie Quote

Old books burst with history, and sometimes in the most unexpected ways. So it proved with my dusty old copy of George Adam Smith’s Historical Geography of the Holy Land, which dates from 189…

On November 2nd, 1930 the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen ushered in a new wave of pride in the black diaspora.