Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDIt is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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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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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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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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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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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.
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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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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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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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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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