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

Dag Hammarskjöld

&quot;1925-1930&quot; http://books.google.com/books?id=Zvi195aKdvMC&amp;q=%22Never+measure+the+height+of+a+mountain+until+you+have+reached+the+top+then+you+will+see+how+low+it+was%22&amp;pg=PA3#v=onepage <br class="br">Markings (1964)

“Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“Your body must become familiar with its death — in all its possible forms and degrees — as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“Maturity: among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

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

Dag Hammarskjöld

Variant translation: Friendship needs no words — it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.
Markings (1964)

“Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

On Nikita Khrushchev as quoted in The Times [London] (4 October 1960)

“It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy — from lack of character.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Speech http://books.google.com/books?id=HhHr0IIUDKkC&amp;q=%22Freedom+from+fear%22+%22In+a+political+context+of+the+utmost+significance+this+clause+recognizes+a+human+right+which+in+a+broad+sense+may+be+said+to+sum+up+the+whole+philosophy+of+human+rights%22&amp;pg=PA141#v=onepage at the celebration of the 180th anniversary of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (16 May 1956)

“What makes loneliness an anguish
Is not that I have no one to share my burden,
But this:
I have only my own burden to bear.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

As quoted in Know Your Limits — Then Ignore Them (2000) by John Mason

“The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

On Nikita Kruschev, in a letter to a friend, as quoted in Hammarskjöld (1972) by Brian Urquhart

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

Dag Hammarskjöld

As quoted in Sacred Seasonings (2003) by Sherri Purdom

“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. A mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)

“A man of firm convictions does not ask, and does not receive, understanding from those with whom he comes into conflict. … A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only firm support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcome and valuable, but it does not free him from responsibility. Therefore, he may become very lonely.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Address to the Swedish Academy (20 December 1954)

“If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

As quoted in As I Journey On : Meditations for Those Facing Death (2000) by Sharon Dardis and Cindy Rogers

“The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.”

Dag Hammarskjöld

Markings (1964)