Life yields only to the conqueror. Dag Hammarskjold More Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold More Quotes From Dag Hammarskjold Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. Dag Hammarskjold goalselfdeath Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell. Dag Hammarskjold flowerinspirationhumility Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known. Dag Hammarskjold defensepoisonself The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door. Dag Hammarskjold devilhousedoors It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain I have so far met in the field of foreign politics... so much more dangerous than you imagine because he is so much better a man than you have ever admitted. Dag Hammarskjold brainlittlesmen It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us. That is why you are faithful to it, even while you stand waiting, so long as you are prepared, and act the moment you are confronted by its demands. Dag Hammarskjold faithfulwaitinglong In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if anything is allowed to stand between ourselves and others. Dag Hammarskjold presence-of-godforgivenessfeels Smiling, sincere, incorruptible - Dag Hammarskjold sacrificesimplelife 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 these matters, but it has also influenced the thinking of legislators all over the world. Dag Hammarskjold achievementpoliticalthinking The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it. Dag Hammarskjold supporthistoricalorder The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision. Dag Hammarskjold leavingshadowdecision The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one. Dag Hammarskjold everydayordinarycommitment To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement. Dag Hammarskjold unselfishnessperfectionself 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 things have meaning and beauty in that space beyond time where you are. How, then, can I hold back anything from you? Dag Hammarskjold creativitycolorspace He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds. Dag Hammarskjold weedplotgarden Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up. Dag Hammarskjold growing-upattitudelife Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. Dag Hammarskjold justifydeservepower 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 reality before which we must justify our existence. For this is the truth we must reach to live, that everything is and we just in it. Dag Hammarskjold overcomingfacesreality Set-backs in efforts to implement an ideal do not prove that the ideal is wrong... Dag Hammarskjold faultsrealizingtrying A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. Dag Hammarskjold responsibilityintegritymen
