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Dag Hammarskjöld
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“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 Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3 September 1957
“Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6 October 1957
“In the last analysis it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions life puts to us … Hence too the necessity of preparing for it.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6 October 1957
“Your body must become familiar with its death — in all its possible forms and degrees — as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6 October 1957
“In the faith which is "God's marriage to the soul", you are one in God, and God is wholly in you, just as, for you, He is wholly in all you meet. With this faith, in prayer you descend into yourself to meet the Other.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 10 April 1958
“Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 29 July 1959
“Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you — out of love — takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Easter 1960
“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.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Whitsunday 1961
“Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. And how can we fight for liberty if we are not free in our own minds? How can we ask others to sacrifice if we are not ready to do so? ... Only in true surrender to the interest of all can we reach that strength and independence, that unity of purpose, that equity of judgment which are necessary if we are to measure up to our duty to the future, as men of a generation to whom the chance was given to build in time a world of peace.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: UN Press Release SG/360 (22 December 1953)
“It is not the Soviet Union or indeed any other big Powers who need the United Nations for their protection. It is all the others. In this sense, the Organization is first of all their Organization and I deeply believe in the wisdom with which they will be able to use it and guide it. I shall remain in my post during the term of my office as a servant of the Organization in the interests of all those other nations, as long as they wish me to do so. In this context the representative of the Soviet Union spoke of courage. It is very easy to resign; it is not so easy to stay on. It is very easy to bow to the wish of a big power. It is another matter to resist. As is well known to all Members of this Assembly, I have done so before on many occasions and in many directions. If it is the wish of those nations who see in the Organization their best protection in the present world, I shall now do so again.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to the General Assembly of the United Nations (3 October 1960)