I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDOnly he deserves power who every day justifies it.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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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 when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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