The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDLife 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.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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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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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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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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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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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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