Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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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Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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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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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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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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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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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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