The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDOnly he deserves power who every day justifies it.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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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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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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The myths have always condemned those who ‘looked back.’ Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
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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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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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I never discuss discussions.
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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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