Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

- Dag Hammarskjold

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady ra…

- Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.

- Dag Hammarskjold

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

- Dag Hammarskjold

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a worl…

- Dag Hammarskjold

Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be ref…

- Dag Hammarskjold

What you must dare: is to be yourself.

- Dag Hammarskjold

The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover honest cr…

- Dag Hammarskjold

At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I'…

- Dag Hammarskjold