On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted. — Dag Hammarskjold Bookshelves Copy Share Image
Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done.… — Dag Hammarskjold Break Copy Share Image
The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality. — Dag Hammarskjold Banality 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
“PRAY that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for." Dag Hammarskjold Swedish diplomat… — Dag Hammarskjold Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Jesus' 'lack of moral principles.' He sat at meat with publicans and sinners, he consorted with harlots. Did he do this to… — Dag Hammarskjöld Human nature Copy Share Image
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods,… — Dag Hammarskjold Atrophy Copy Share Image
The dizziness in the face of les espaces infinis--only overcome if we dare to gaze into them without any protection. And accept… — Dag Hammarskjold Accepting Copy Share Image
“That our pains and longings are thousandfold and can be anesthetized in a thousand different ways is as commonplace a truth as… — Dag Hammarskjöld Different ways Copy Share Image
To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge,… — Dag Hammarskjold All that remains Copy Share Image
It is not the repeated mistakes, the long succession of petty betrayals--though, God knows, they would give cause enough for anxiety and… — Dag Hammarskjold Aliens Copy Share Image
“No cracking of the whip of words disturbed his peace in a space that sung.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Peace 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 Calm 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
You dare your Yes - and experience a meaning...You repeat your Yes - and all things acquire a meaning...When everything has a… — Dag Hammarskjold Acquire Copy Share Image
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses. — Dag Hammarskjold Individual Copy Share Image
You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play… — Dag Hammarskjold Animal Copy Share Image
Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. — Dag Hammarskjold Inspirational Copy Share Image
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. — Dag Hammarskjold Friendship Copy Share Image
The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times,… — Dag Hammarskjold Assembly 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 Anchors Copy Share Image
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. — Dag Hammarskjold Abasement Copy Share Image
When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb… — Dag Hammarskjold Climbs Copy Share Image
Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth. — Dag Hammarskjold Be grateful Copy Share Image
