I never discuss discussions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThose who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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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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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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