Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
Dag HammarskjoldRead
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Interpretation
Stay true to your beliefs, even in pursuit of peace.
This quote emphasizes the importance of holding onto one's convictions and principles, suggesting that sacrificing your beliefs for the sake of maintaining peace is not a worthwhile endeavor. It advocates for the idea that true harmony cannot exist when one is forced to compromise their values, and instead encourages individuals to stand firm in what they believe to be right.
In practice
During a debate on ethical issues, you might use this quote to underline the importance of sticking to one's moral beliefs.
Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us. That is why you are faithful to it, even while you stand waiting, so long as you are prepared, and act the moment you are confronted by its demands.
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
The world cannot live at peace without the United Nations. For this reason: it creates a reasonable guarantee that all this change in the world, these tremendous political and economic developments, can be channelized, kept orderly. The United Nations is a mold that keeps the hot metal from spilling over.
In a dream I walked with God through the deep places of creation; past walls that receded and gates that opened through hall after hall of silence, darkness and refreshment--the dwelling place of souls acquainted with light and warmth--until, around me, was an infinity into which we all flowed together and lived anew, like the rings made by raindrops falling upon wide expanses of calm dark waters.
He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion.
Capitalistic society teaches kids to be No. 1, but true self-esteem doesn't come from money. It doesn't come from winning the Super Bowl.
Q: Whatβs hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.
If we don't choose to intentionally and consciously slow down and stop being in a rush, your body and mind will force you to do it anyway.
It's one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it's another not to be able to live by what one does know.
Those dreams I have at night are going to drive me crazy. Last night I dreamed that little red-haired girl and I were eating lunch together... But she's gone... She's moved away, and I don't know where she lives, and she doesn't know I even exist, and I'll never see her again... And... I wish men cried.
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about.
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