Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIn 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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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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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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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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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I never discuss discussions.
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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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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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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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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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