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.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next...

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next...

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes...

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes...

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not...

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not...

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...

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to...

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to...

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...

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Friendship needs no words...

Friendship needs no words...

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death...

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death...

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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...

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...

Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking...

Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking...

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...

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

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 big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with...

The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with...

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it...

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it...

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford...

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford...