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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDLife only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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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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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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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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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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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 pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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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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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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