Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.