The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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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...

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...

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...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

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.

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

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

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....

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 myths have always condemned those who looked back. Condemned them, whatever the paradise may...

The myths have always condemned those who looked back. Condemned them, whatever the paradise may...

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

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

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...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

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...

Friendship needs no words...

Friendship needs no words...

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...

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...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.