Dag Hammarskjold

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

I've learned that even the word 'jubilee' used in connection with the Reformation can give rise to discussions.

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.