Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Dag Hammarskjold Quotes: The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.
         

The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.


Dag Hammarskjold
Check all other quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Dag Hammarskjold Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-devils-enter-uninvited-when-the-house-487062>.





Check out


Other quotes of Dag Hammarskjold


Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.



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

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



It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.



Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.



Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.



It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.



Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.



If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.



'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.



For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!





Other quotes you may like



Enlarged sympathy with children was one of the chief contributions made by the Victorian English to real civilization.

Enlarged sympathy with children was one of the chief contributions made by the Victorian English to real civilization.



Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven To serve the Devil in.

Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven To serve the Devil in.



Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.



A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.



The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.

The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.



It is the function of the Church to oppose all original experience, because this can only be unorthodox.

It is the function of the Church to oppose all original experience, because this can only be unorthodox.



I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones.

I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones.



Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?



Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.

Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.". Author of this quote is Dag Hammarskjold. This quote is about empty, house, doors, uninvited, devil, guests,.