Dag Hammarskjöld Quotes

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

Do not look back. And do not dream about the future, either. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward — your destiny — are here and now.

The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.

You try to save a drowning man without prior authorization.

The longest journey is the journey inward, for he who has chosen his destiny has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder the source of which is beyond all reason.

To the past: Thanks.
To the future: Yes.

Friendship needs no words — it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Att aldrig låta framgången dölja sin tomhet, insatsen sin intighet, arbetslivet sin ödslighet, och så att bevara sporren att nå vidare – den smärta i själen som driver oss själva. Se dig inte om. Och dröm ej om framtiden: den skall ej återskänka dig det förgångna eller tillfredsställa andra lyckodrömmar. Din plikt och din belöning – ditt öde – är HÄR och NU.

Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible — not to have run away.

You are your own god – and are surprised when you find that the wolf pack is hunting you across the desolate ice fields of winter.

Give me a pure heart that I may see Thee. A humble heart that I may hear Thee, A heart of love that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith that I may abide in Thee.

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared.

No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled.