We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
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.
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.
I have heard of that idea. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal and that they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that a human being is emanated from a deity.
Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.
We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully...
Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
Place principle above all else.
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.
We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy...
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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.
Leadership does not mean domination.
The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily.