“Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me’.”
Mark 7:6 / Isaiah 29:13
Category: Haile Selassie I – Teachings
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Patience and Will
“In this world there’s nothing new. These are the words of King Solomon, they date back to 3’000 years ago, but they are still valid. Someone has patience, but without will. Another has will, but without patience. If one unifies those two qualities, he will always reach where he should. We will reach the raising of the standard of life of the Nation. If, along the path, new problems will arise, we will face them with will and patience.”
H.I.M. Haile Selassie I
Interview with Vittoria Russo, “TV Sorrisi e Canzoni – Illustrazione” (IT), January 17 1965.
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Respect the Treaties
“In 1924, I have talked for a long time with Mussolini: we have talked for 4 hours in his office. He assured me that he had no intention to harm Ethiopia, and when he told me this, I asked: Why, for which reason you are sure to not harm Ethiopia?. He assured me, answering: Because it’s going so well, we are good friends, we have made treaties, all this. At that time, I told him that Napoleon had said the treaty is a paper, then I told him we should not follow that, the treaty is a treaty, we must respect it”.
H.I.M. Haile Selassie I
“Une journée avec le Roi de Rois” –
French Documentary 1972