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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an esse

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. – Dag Hammarskjold

Other quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Death
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Dag Hammarskjold
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning. – Dag Hammarskjold

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History
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Dag Hammarskjold
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Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Happiness
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Change alone is unchanging. – Heraclitus

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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. – Leo Tolstoy

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alone

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. Hes the center of a team – doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on. – Emil Zatopek

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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. – George Washington

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alone

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