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
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. – Dag Hammarskjold
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. – 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