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In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

— Dag Hammarskjöld

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

About Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, the second United Nations Secretary-General, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He oversaw U.N. responses to Cold War crises, the decolonization of Africa, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was killed in a plane crash while attempting to mediate the Congo Crisis.