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's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*.
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
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
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
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…
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. - Dag Hammarskjold
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
What you must dare: is to be yourself. - Dag Hammarskjold
What you must dare: is to be yourself.
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering. - Dag Hammarskjold
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
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
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…
For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes. - Dag Hammarskjold
For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.
We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laug… - Dag Hammarskjold
We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laug…
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 s… - Dag Hammarskjold
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 s…
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