All Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
- 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 is… Alone
- The world cannot live at peace without the United Nations. For this reason: it creates a reasonable guarantee that all this change in the world,… All
- You take the pen, and the lines dance. You take the flute and the notes shimmer. You take the brush, and the colors sing. So… All
- It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another. Behavior
- Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. Abasement
- Life yields only to the conqueror. Conqueror
- To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement. All
- It is not the Soviet Union or indeed any other big Powers who need the United Nations for their protection. It is all the others.… Able
- Respect for the word - to employ it with scrupulous care and an incorruptible heartfelt love of truth - is essential if there is to… Any
- Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness --… Act
- Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. Begin
- The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. Beyond
- Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. Accept
- Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. Day
- 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… Answer
- Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. Alone
- Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. Anguish
- If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer. Birthday
- 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… Anguish
- 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… All
- The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his… Chosen
- 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… Ambition
- Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. Attention
- It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Create
- Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Height