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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

— Dag Hammarskjöld

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." 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.