We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDFreedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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.
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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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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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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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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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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I never discuss discussions.
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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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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 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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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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