In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDPraise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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It is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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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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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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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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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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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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