If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Social Service Quotes

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

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

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...

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....

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...

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who...

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who...

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...

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, 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

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...

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently...

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently...

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...