Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThere 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.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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 only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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I never discuss discussions.
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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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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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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 believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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