We Must Make Progress Slowly So As

I Have Heard Of That Idea [i.e., Of Haile Selassie Being The Reincarnation Of Jesus Christ]. 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 The Human Being Is Emanated From A Deity.

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.

Peace Demands The United Efforts Of Us All. Who Can Foresee What Spark Might Ignite The Fuse?

In The Mystic Traditions Of The Different Religions We Have A Remarkable Unity Of Spirit. Whatever Religion They May Profess, They Are Spiritual Kinsmen. While The Different Religions In Their Historic Forms Bind Us To Limited Groups And Militate Against The Development Of Loyalty To The World Community, The Mystics Have Already Stood For The Fellowship Of Humanity In Harmony With The Spirit Of The Mystics Of Ages Gone By.

This World Was Not Created Piecemeal. Africa Was Born No Later And No Earlier Than Any Other Geographical Area On This Globe. Africans, No More And No Less Than Other Men, Possess All Human Attributes, Talents And Deficiencies, Virtues And Faults.