Markings - Dag Hammarskjld

"Perhaps the greatest testament of personal devotion published in this century."- The New York Times

A powerful journal of poems and spiritual meditations recorded over several decades by a universally known and admired peacemaker.A dramatic account
of spiritual struggle, Markings has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers since
it was first published in 1964.

Markings is distinctive, as W.H. Auden remarks in
his foreword, as a record of "the attempt by a professional man of action to unite
in one life the via activa and the via contemplativa." It reflects its author's efforts
to live his creed, his belief that all men are equally the children of God and that
faith and love require of him a life of selfless service to others. For Hammarskjld,
"the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action." Markings is
not only a fascinating glimpse of the mind of a great man, but also a moving spiritual
classic that has left its mark on generations of readers.