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?
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIf even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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I never discuss discussions.
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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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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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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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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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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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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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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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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 more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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