black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The myths have always condemned those who ‘looked back.’ Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.

Dag Hammarskjold

Related Topics

Back Condemned Department Departure Leave Look Myth Paradise Shadow

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Better Faithfully Hear Listen More Outside Sound Voice
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Accept Certain Heard History Invoke Verdict
Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Body Comment Death Degree Emotional Evident Familiar Life Neutral Possible Self Step Towards Worthy
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Defeat End Few Progress Pursuit Victory Year
Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Fear Freedom Human Right Philosophy Sais Sum Whole
Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Day Deserve Every Justify Only Power
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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Accept Atrophy Conquer Gain Give Good Life Live Muscle Stolen Yield
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Away Demand Feat Life Posses Run Strength
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Firmer Grow Only Quiter Simpler Warmer Way
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Character Easy Enemy Even Lack Nice
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Critic Nothing Praise Standard Whom
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Die Enough Find Into Live Loneliness Pray Something
The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Allegation Assembly Establish Few Historical Last Repeat Time Week Witness
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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Before Down Fix Horizon Keep Look never Next Step Talk
Everything will be all right – you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Abstraction All Artist Be Everything Know Painting People Right Themselves Think Weird
If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Die Disturb Favor Function Grant Made Party Social Tiptoe

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes