Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIf only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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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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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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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.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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 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.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body’s total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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