The myths have always condemned those who ‘looked back.’ Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDDestiny 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.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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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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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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