Maxioms by Dag Hammarskjold
The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to read more
The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to the latter. A willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice can be associated with, and even produce, a great hardness of heart.
He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is read more
He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.
Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
