Author: Dag Hammarskjold

Quotes

'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.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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

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

- Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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

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

- Dag Hammarskjold

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

- Dag Hammarskjold

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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