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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDYour 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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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 only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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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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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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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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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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The myths have always condemned those who ‘looked back.’ Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
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