Dag Hammarskjold
31 quotes
"Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
"Only he deserves power who every day justifies it."
"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible not to run away."
"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."
"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."
"Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines."
"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."
"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."
"How Forgiveness Helps Us 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 again made clean."
"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."
"Friendship needs no words-it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."
"Only one feat is possible: not to have run away."
"Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road."
"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."
"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 his right road."
"Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines."
"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."
"Only one feat is possible: not to have run away."
"Life only demands from you the strength you possess."
"Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road."
"God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance renewed daily of a wonder the source of which is beyond all reason."