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

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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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.

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...

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

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 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...

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...

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to...

It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.