Quote by Dag Hammarskjold
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

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. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Loneliness
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. – Dag Hammarskjold

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History
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Other Quotes from
alone
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Im learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what Im doing. – Chantal Kreviazuk

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alone

People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown. – Vaslav Nijinsky

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alone

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a persons car is the only place where he can be alone and think. – Marshall McLuhan

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alone

Im not saying that theres anything better than mated bliss at its best, but Im saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we havent quite given ourselves permission to recognize that. – Barbara Feldon

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My father was in the First World War. – Doris Lessing

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