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 HAMMARSKJOLDNever for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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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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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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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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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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