The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDWhat 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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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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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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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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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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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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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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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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