Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Thinking Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

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

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

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation...

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation...

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 breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line...

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line...

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and...

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

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

If the conviction on an idea is full, then never tread the journey half by...

If the conviction on an idea is full, then never tread the journey half by...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the...

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the...