29th July: Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, was born on 29 July 1905.

1. Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
2. Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
3. 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.
4. The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
5. Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
6. Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
7. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
8. Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the horizon will find the right road.
9. The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
10. It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.