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Dag Hammarskjold Quotes: Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.
         

Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.


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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.



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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 the right road.



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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.



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