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Dag Hammarskjold quotes: He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion. He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire? Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace. Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Doffing the ego'ssafe glory, he findshis naked reality. Doffing the ego's
safe glory, he finds
his naked reality.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Trees quiver in the wind,sailing on a sea of mistout of earshot. Trees quiver in the wind,
sailing on a sea of mist
out of earshot.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful. At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer. If only I may grow: firmer, simpler,
quieter, warmer.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defensewhat happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known. Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense
what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: This accidental meeting of possibilities calls itself I. I ask: what am I doing here? And, at once, this I becomes unreal. This accidental meeting of possibilities calls itself I. I ask: what am I doing here? And, at once, this I becomes unreal.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Is my contact with others anything more than a contact with reflections? Who or what can give me the power to transform the mirror into a doorway? Is my contact with others anything more than a contact with reflections? Who or what can give me the power to transform the mirror into a doorway?
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes. For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality. The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault. Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them. Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement. To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: It was when Lucifer first congratulated himself upon his angelic behavior that he became the tool of evil. It was when Lucifer first congratulated himself upon his angelic behavior that he became the tool of evil.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Too tired for company,You seek a solitudeYou are too tired to fill. Too tired for company,
You seek a solitude
You are too tired to fill.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Acts of violence Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of deathand the meaninglessness of killing. Acts of violence
Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death
and the meaninglessness of killing.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Only one feat is possible: not to have run away. Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: To the past: Thanks.To the future: Yes. To the past: Thanks.
To the future: Yes.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes! For all that has been,
Thank you.
For all that is to come,
Yes!
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: To be free, to rise and leave everything, without a glance back, behind. To say "yes". To be free, to rise and leave everything, without a glance back, behind. To say "yes".
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: I never discuss discussions. I never discuss discussions.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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 Hammarskjold quotes: Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: A human intimacyfree from the earth but blessing the earth. A human intimacy
free from the earth but blessing the earth.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one. The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us. In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence. We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: You have not done enough, you have never done enough, so long as it is still possible that you have something to contribute. You have not done enough, you have never done enough, so long as it is still possible that you have something to contribute.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another. It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth. Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: I have only my own burden to bear. I have only my own burden to bear.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses. It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one. I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder. The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering. Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted. On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Apes. The moon woke themround the world's navel revolvedprayer wheels of steps. Apes. The moon woke them
round the world's navel revolved
prayer wheels of steps.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it. Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Didst thou give me this inescapable loneliness so that it would be easier for me to give thee all? Didst thou give me this inescapable loneliness so that it would be easier for me to give thee all?
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Destiny is something not to be desired and not to be avoided. Destiny is something not to be desired and not to be avoided.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Life only demands from you the strength you possess.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door. The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: His moral lectureblazed with hate.What could have driven a child that far? His moral lecture
blazed with hate.
What could have driven a child that far?
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Somebody placed the shuttle in your hand: somebody who had already arranged the threads. Somebody placed the shuttle in your hand: somebody who had already arranged the threads.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: No cracking of the whip of wordsdisturbed his peacein a space that sung. No cracking of the whip of words
disturbed his peace
in a space that sung.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. 'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Friendship needs no words. Friendship needs no words.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: My home drove meinto the wilderness.Few look for me. Few hear me. My home drove me
into the wilderness.
Few look for me. Few hear me.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Each day the first day:Each day a life. Each day the first day:
Each day a life.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell. Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: 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. 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.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Perhaps a great love is never returned. Perhaps a great love is never returned.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Life yields only to the conqueror. Life yields only to the conqueror.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
Dag Hammarskjold quotes: It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

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