The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDFreedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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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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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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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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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.
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Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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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 when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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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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 never discuss discussions.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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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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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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