At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Smiling, sincere, incorruptible - His body disciplined and limber. A man who had become what he could, And was what he was-… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us. That is why you are faithful to it,… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
You wake from dreams of doom and--for a moment--you know: beyond all the noise and the gestures, the only real thing, love's… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents -- contents which… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
You take the pen, and the lines dance. You take the flute and the notes shimmer. You take the brush, and the… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“Didst thou give me this inescapable loneliness so that it would be easier for me to give thee all?” — Dag Hammarskjöld Copy Share
Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all,… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
For the sacrificed, in the hour of sacrifice, only one thing counts: faith-alone among enemies and skeptics. Faith, in spite of the humiliation which… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept whatcan be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles… — Dag Hammarskjöld Copy Share
There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share
