The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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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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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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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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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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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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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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