Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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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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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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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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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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.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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