In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDWe are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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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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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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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.
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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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