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Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat and statesman, best known for serving as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. His leadership shaped the UN during critical years of the Cold War and international crises. He is remembered for his dedication to peace, integrity, and humanitarian efforts. Here are 104 of his quotes:

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 the right road. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
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 being. View quote
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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For all that has been - Thanks. For all that shall be - Yes. View quote
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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. View quote
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. View quote
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'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. View quote
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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. View quote
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
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? View quote
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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. View quote
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone, or Something, and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal. View quote
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Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. View quote
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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 your orders without being humiliated. View quote
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Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. View quote
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us. View quote
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. View quote
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The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder. View quote
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In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. View quote
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In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. View quote
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Dag Hammarskjöld

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Occupation: Swedish Diplomat
Born: July 29, 1905
Died: September 18, 1961
Quotes count: 104
Wikipedia: Dag Hammarskjöld

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