We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDYour cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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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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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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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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I never discuss discussions.
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