The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. — Dag Hammarskjold Hell Copy Share Image
He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds. — Dag Hammarskjold Flower Copy Share Image
“For all that has been, thanks; to all that will be, yes.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Gratitude Copy Share Image
“pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to love for, great enough to die for.” — Dag Hammarskjold Loneliness Copy Share Image
The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one. — Dag Hammarskjold Commitment Copy Share Image
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another. — Dag Hammarskjold Behavior Copy Share Image
In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in… — Dag Hammarskjöld Life Copy Share Image
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 Acts of violence Copy Share Image
He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness… — Dag Hammarskjold Brother Copy Share Image
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept whatcan be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and… — Dag Hammarskjöld Generosity Copy Share Image
Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in… — Dag Hammarskjold Affinity Copy Share Image
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and… — Dag Hammarskjold Body Copy Share Image
“The 'mystical experience'. Always here and now - in that freedom which is one with distance in that stillness which is born… — Dag Hammarskjöld Freedom Copy Share Image
You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons.… — Dag Hammarskjold Abasement Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of… — Dag Hammarskjold Achievement Copy Share Image
It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
When you have reached the point where you no longer expect a response, you will at last be able to give in… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. — Dag Hammarskjold Doubt Copy Share Image
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. — Dag Hammarskjold Criticism Copy Share Image
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. — Dag Hammarskjold Death Copy Share Image
“Didst thou give me this inescapable loneliness so that it would be easier for me to give thee all?” — Dag Hammarskjöld Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Trees quiver in the wind, sailing on a sea of mist out of earshot.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Emptiness Copy Share Image
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. — Dag Hammarskjold Convictions Copy Share Image
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. — Dag Hammarskjold Character Copy Share Image
Pray that your loneliness spurs you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. — Dag Hammarskjold Happiness Copy Share Image
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. — Dag Hammarskjold Friendship Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. — Dag Hammarskjold Experience Copy Share Image
The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“No cracking of the whip of words disturbed his peace in a space that sung.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Copy Share Image
