Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDI am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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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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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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