Dag Hammarskjöld

Nigdy nie oceniaj wysokości góry, dopóki nie osiągniesz jej szczytu, wtedy zobaczysz, jak była niewysoka.

Pozwolić się związać obowiązkiem w chwili, w której się go zobaczy jest częścią moralnej szlachetności, która sama w sobie usprawiedliwia odpowiedzialność.

To let oneself be bound by a duty from the moment you see it approaching is part of the integrity that alone justifies responsibility.

You have not done enough, you have never done enough, so long as it is still possible that you have something to contribute.

You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a patch for weeds.

You are... the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

If you seek yourself,...you rob the lens of its transparency.... You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency, your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end, and remain purely as a means.

Czym jest całe ziemskie szczęście wobec obietnicy: "Gdzie Ja jestem, tam i wy również będziecie"?

Módl się, aby Twoja samotność stała się bodźcem do poszukiwań, dla których mógłbyś żyć.

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