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.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you...

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you...

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can...

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can...

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal...

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal...

What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my...

What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my...

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to...

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to...

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough...

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough...

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the...

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential...

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential...

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear...

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear...

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in....

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in....

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...