It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
Dag HammarskjoldNever measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
Dag HammarskjoldOur work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.
Dag HammarskjoldAt every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*.
Dag Hammarskjold