Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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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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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 measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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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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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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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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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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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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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 more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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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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