Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

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.

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...

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...

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any...

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

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...

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...

Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no...

Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no...

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible;...

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible;...

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

Many people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the...

Many people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

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...