Swedish - Diplomat | July 29, 1905 - September 18, 1961
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
Dag Hammarskjold
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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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I never discuss discussions.
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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.
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There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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.
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