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 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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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 only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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I never discuss discussions.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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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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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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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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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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