Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. – Dag Hammarskjold
I dont know Who — or what — put the question, I dont know when it was put. I dont even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone –or Something –and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal. – Dag Hammarskjold
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