Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt 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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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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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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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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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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Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.
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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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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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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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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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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.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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