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.
My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold.
When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Little hinges swing big doors.
It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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