Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I never discuss discussions.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDI never discuss discussions.
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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.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe 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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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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The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe 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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThe pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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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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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDYour position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDTime goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDThose who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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