"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."― Dag Hammarskjold Topic(s): NatureMore From Dag Hammarskjold"“Freedom from fear” could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.""Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.""Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."More In Nature"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."― Frederick Douglass"To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes."― Thomas Carlyle"No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people."― William Howard Taft