In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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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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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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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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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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