Dag Hammarskjold Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.”

“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.”

“Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.”

“It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.”

“Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.”

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

“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”

“The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.”

“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.”

“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.”