Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDI believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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Maturity – 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.
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The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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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.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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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 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.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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