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 HAMMARSKJOLDFreedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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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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I never discuss discussions.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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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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Everything will be all right – you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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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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Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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