“Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.”
Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“The words “human nature” can be the greatest obstacle to human growth.”
Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978
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Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
Markings (1964)
Context: Respect for the word is the first commandment in the discipline by which a man can be educated to maturity — intellectual, emotional, and moral.
Respect for the word — to employ it with scrupulous care and in incorruptible heartfelt love of truth — is essential if there is to be any growth in a society or in the human race.
To misuse the word is to show contempt for man. It undermines the bridges and poisons the wells. It causes Man to regress down the long path of his evolution.
"But I say unto you, that every idle word that men speak..."
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
