Leadership Does Not Mean Domination.

The Fruits Of One’s Sweat And Mental Labour Are Always Rewarding

An Awareness Of Our Past Is Essential To The Establishment Of Our Personality And Our Identity As Africans.

Like Twentieth-century Iran, The Remnant Of The Persian Empire, Ethiopia Under Haile Selassie Attempted To Preserve The Absolutist State Throught An Accommodation With Modernizing Forces In His Own Terms Without Completely Subduing Traditionalists. This Was Not A Strategy Of Haile Selassie's Own Choosing. Instead, He Was Overtaken By Events And Forced To Deal With Contradictions That Were From The Very Beginning Too Formidable To Be Managed In The Long Term.

It Is Important That Spiritual Advancement Must Keep Pace With Material Advancement. When This Comes To Be Realized Man's Journey Toward Higher And More Lasting Values Will Show More Marked Progress While The Evil In Him Recedes Into The Background. Knowing That Material And Spiritual Progress Are Essential To Man, We Must Ceaselessly Work For The Equal Attainment Of Both. Only Then Shall We Be Able To Acquire That Absolute Inner Calm So Necessary To Our Well-being.

It Is Much Easier To Show Compassion To Animals. They Are Never Wicked.