The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDNever, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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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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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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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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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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