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Only Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold
- Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
- The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of our times on…
- Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty -…
- Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.
- You are the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you…
- I have only my own burden to bear.
- 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…
- Life yields only to the conqueror.
- Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
- If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
- 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…
- 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…
- Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive…
- Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
- The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
- Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles…
- At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build…
- The dizziness in the face of les espaces infinis--only overcome if we dare to gaze into them without any protection. And accept them as the…
- 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 calm unwavering flame…
- To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from…
- To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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