It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThose who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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 when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
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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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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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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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