What you must dare: is to be yourself. Dag Hammarskjold More Quotes by Dag Hammarskjold More Quotes From Dag Hammarskjold Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. A mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning. Dag Hammarskjold mysterydestinyworld 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 in the half-light of an early dawn. Dag Hammarskjold lightrealdream Like wind-- In it, with it, of it. Of it just like a sail, so light and strong that, even when it is bent flat, it gathers all the power of the wind without hampering its course. Like light-- In light, lit through by light, transformed into light. Like the lens which disappears in the light it focuses. Like wind. Like light. Just this--on these expanses, on these heights. Dag Hammarskjold lightstrongwind Friendship needs no words. Dag Hammarskjold real-friendssilencefriendship The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? Dag Hammarskjold curvesstrengthlaw The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjold freedomsuccesspeace We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence. Dag Hammarskjold stillnesssilence If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. Dag Hammarskjold partyfunnydeath Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. Dag Hammarskjold standardscriticismpraise Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. Dag Hammarskjold christmassummertime The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder. Dag Hammarskjold shoescommunismdark We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. Dag Hammarskjold painfulhealingforget The longest journey is the journey inward. Dag Hammarskjold inwardinspirationjourney Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice. The price you must pay for your own liberation through another's sacrifice is that you in turn must be willing to liberate in the same way, irrespective of the consequences to yourself. Dag Hammarskjold forgivingsacrificedone If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long. Dag Hammarskjold forgivenessdoelong 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 will atrophy. Dag Hammarskjold yieldacceptinggiving Better than other people.' Sometimes he says: 'That, at least, you are.' But more often: 'Why should you be? Either you are what you can be, or you are not - like other people. Dag Hammarskjold shouldsometimespeople Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. Dag Hammarskjold increasereputationtime Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. Dag Hammarskjold creativitycreativepeople 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
