"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 Hammarskjold
About this Quote
Dag Hammarskjold recommends that one need to come to terms with the inevitability of death in order to attain their supreme life goal. He emphasizes the importance of accepting death in all its possible types and magnitudes as a natural and inescapable part of the human experience. By doing so, people can focus on what genuinely matters to them and commit their energy towards attaining their worthwhile objective. Hammarskjold further notes that this procedure must be emotionally neutral, showing that individuals need to not become contented or overly distraught by the prospect of death. Instead, one should keep a clear and steadfast concentrate on their ultimate objective.
"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"