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

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

- 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

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

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

- 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

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

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

- Dag Hammarskjold

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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