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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

— Dag Hammarskjöld Attributed

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

Vägmärken · Markings (1963)

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

Vägmärken · Markings (1963)

Goodness is something so simple: always to live for others, never to seek one's own advantage.

Vägmärken · Markings (1963)

Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you — out of love — takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.

Vägmärken · Markings (1963)

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.

Vägmärken · Markings (1963)

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