If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDTime goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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A 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.
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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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God 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.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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