A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDWe are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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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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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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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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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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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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