Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. The second secretary-general of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. At the age of 56 years and 255 days, Hammarskjöld was the youngest to have held the post. He is one of only four people to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize. Hammarskjöld is the only UN secretary-general to...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 July 1905
CountrySweden
Dag Hammarskjold quotes about
Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.
At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful.
I have only my own burden to bear.
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.
The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.
Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?
The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality.
The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.
Each day the first day: Each day a life.
He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.
Destiny is something not to be desired and not to be avoided.
You dare your Yes - and experience a meaning...You repeat your Yes - and all things acquire a meaning...When everything has a meaning, how can you live anything but a YES.
The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one.