Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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There 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.
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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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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or 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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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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