The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDI am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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It is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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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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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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I never discuss discussions.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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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 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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