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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
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You take the pen, and the lines dance. You take the flute and the notes shimmer. You take the brush, and the colors sing. So all things have meaning and beauty in that space beyond time where you are. How, then, can I hold back anything from you?
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Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.
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Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.
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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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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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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one.
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'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
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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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Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in the silent life of Nature, bound by secret affinities of the trees.
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The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his being.
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On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.
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We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence.
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Respect for the word - to employ it with scrupulous care and in incorruptible heartfelt love of truth - is essential if there is to be any growth in a society or in the human race. To misuse the word is to show contempt for man. It undermines the bridges and poisons the wells. It causes Man to regress down the long path of his evolution.
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The longest journey is the journey inward.
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We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life.
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