To love life and men as God loves them -
for the sake of
their infinite possibilities,
to wait like Him,
to judge like Him,
without passing judgment,
to obey the order when it is given
and never look back. (Dag Hammarskjöld)

To love life and men as God loves them - for the sake of their infinite possibilities, to wait like Him, to judge like Him, without passing judgment, to obey the order when it is given and never look back.

Dag Hammarskjöld

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