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.
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 only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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.
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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 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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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body’s total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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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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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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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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