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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.

Dag Hammarskjold

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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

Day Deserve Every Justify Only Power
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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Body Comment Death Degree Emotional Evident Familiar Life Neutral Possible Self Step Towards Worthy
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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Animal Ask Attend Crave God Human Prayer
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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Dignity Diminish Genius Indifference Kind Only Other
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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Accept Certain Heard History Invoke Verdict
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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Child Cloud Grant Happiness Mate Maturity One Other Play Thing
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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Before Down Fix Horizon Keep Look never Next Step Talk
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Create Play Safe Security Utmost World
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Conviction Deny never Quiet Sake Space
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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Abandon Error Peace Progress Pursuit Relax Setback Success Trail
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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Command Duty Give Humiliate Impose Life Live Position Recieve Right
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Firmer Grow Only Quiter Simpler Warmer Way
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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Die Enough Find Into Live Loneliness Pray Something
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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Completly Diligently Give Individual Mass More Noble Salvation Yourself
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Ability Decline Go Increase Reputation Time
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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Grow Hand Life Must One Rather Small Wrtech

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