Quote by Dag Hammarskjold
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possibl

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

Other quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Nature
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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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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Nurses
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Other Quotes from
Death
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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Death

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. – Davy Crockett

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Death

I start thinking about life after death. Ive got to quit thinking about it because its very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you dont feel like you want to be alive, so I dont like to get all quiet. – David Ortiz

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Death

If you dont have any fight in you, you might as well be dead. – Scott Caan

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Death

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