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.
Tag: Dag Hammarskjold
You are the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency, your capacity, that is,
You have never done enough, so long as it is still possible that you have something of value to contribute
A successful lie is doubly a lie; an error which has to be corrected is a heavier burden than the truth.
Do not look back. And do not dream about the future, either. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward- your destiny-are here and now.
The longest journey is the journey inward.
For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.