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 HAMMARSKJOLDIf only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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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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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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