Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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I never discuss discussions.
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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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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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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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Everything will be all right – you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.
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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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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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