The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDMaturity – 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.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.
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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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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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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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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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