I never discuss discussions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIf only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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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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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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 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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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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