Dag Hammarskjöld

“Friendship needs no words — it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.”

“Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.”

“For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.”

“The longest journey is the journey inwards.”

“Praise should be accepted as a gift, not as a right.”

“Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible—not to have run away.”

“Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.”

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

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

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

“The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.”

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

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

“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.”

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