The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

Dag Hammarskjold
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  3. What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul - Victor Hugo

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More Quotes By Dag Hammarskjold
  1. 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.

  2. Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

  3. Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines.

  4. There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.

  5. Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

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