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.
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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There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.
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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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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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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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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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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your 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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