Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIf even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
-
-
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
I never discuss discussions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD -
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD