Quotation by Dag Hammarskjöld

Your body must become familiar with its death—in all its possible forms and degrees—as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), Swedish statesman, secretary-general of the United Nations. "Night is Drawing Nigh," Markings (written 1957, published 1963).
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