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Dag Hammarskjold quotes about world

Swedish Diplomat July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961

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To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point of rest in ourselves. Then, how much disappears, and all that remains falls into place. In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is... Dag Hammarskjold
The 'mystical experience'. Always here and now - in that freedom which is one with distance in that stillness which is born of silence. But - this is a freedom in the midst of action, a stillness in the midst of other human beings. The mystery is a constant reality to him who, in this world, is free from self-concern, a reality that grows peaceful and mature before the receptive attention of assent. 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
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Apes. The moon woke them--round the world's navel..."
Apes. The moon woke them--round the world's navel revolvedprayer wheels of steps. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity."
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost..."
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Dag Hammarskjold

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