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Dag Hammarskjold quotes

Swedish Diplomat July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961

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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
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own..."
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. Dag Hammarskjold
Is my contact with others anything more than a contact with reflections? Who or what can give me the power to transform the mirror into a doorway? Dag Hammarskjold
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
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one."
I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "A human intimacy--free from the earth but blessing the earth."
A human intimacy--free from the earth but blessing the earth. Dag Hammarskjold
Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing. Dag Hammarskjold
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
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. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Trees quiver in the wind, sailing on a sea of mistout of earshot."
Trees quiver in the wind, sailing on a sea of mistout of earshot. Dag Hammarskjold
The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents -- contents which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them. Dag Hammarskjold
You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not..."
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. 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

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