It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDA task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDWe are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDPraise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDFreedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe 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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDPray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDGod 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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDNever for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIf only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDI believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDYour cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDTime goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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