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

Dag Hammarskjold

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Dag Hammarskjold
Age: 55 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1961
Died: January 1
Diplomat
Economist
Poet
Politician
Writer
Jönköpings stad
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Thirsty
Draft
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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?
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It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.
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In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if anything is allowed to stand between ourselves and others.
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Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.
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The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.
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Friendship needs no words.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing.
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The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.
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I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone, or Something,and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.
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