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He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross — even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision
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Give me a pure heart that I may see Thee.
A humble heart that I may hear Thee,
A heart of love that I may serve Thee,
A heart of faith that I may abide in Thee.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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What gives life its value you can find — and lose. But never possess. This holds good above all for "the Truth about Life."
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.
Willard Libby
Dag Hammarskjöld
Born:
July 29, 1905
Died:
September 18, 1961
(aged 56)
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