Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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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...

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...

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...

I never discuss discussions.

I never discuss discussions.

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.

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.

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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;...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is...