“We are slaves, deprived of every right, exposed to every insult, condemned to certain death, but we still possess one power, and we must defend it with all our strength for it is the last - the power to refuse our consent. So we must certainly wash our faces without soap in dirty water and dry ourselves on our jackets. We must polish our shoes, not because the regulation states it, but for dignity and propriety. We must walk erect, without dragging our feet, not in homage to Prussian discipline but to remain alive, not to begin to die.” SurvivalDignityResistanceDefianceHolocaust Literature Book:If This Is a Man / The Truce Source: If This Is a Man / The Truce
“Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable. For people of science, he is a hero. Denying man a privileged place in creation, .. he reaffirms with his own intellectual courage the dignity of man.” PeopleMenLooksViewsCreationHeroIntellectualDignityNobleVoidNot AfraidPrivilegedBoldnessAdmirablePessimistic Author:Primo Levi
“Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his clothes, in short, of everything he possesses: he will be a hollow man, reduced to suffering and needs, forgetful of dignity and restraint, for he who loses all often loses himself.” MenNeedsSufferingHouseLosesJusticeImagineHabitDiversityClothesDignitySocial JusticeRestraintDeprivedHollowForgetfulHollow Man Book:Survival In Auschwitz Source: Survival In Auschwitz
“There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.” KnowsMenCourageKnow HowDignityDeath With Dignity Book:Survival In Auschwitz Source: Survival In Auschwitz
