“If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal interest or political ideology. My words are not those of a foe or an opponent. I am interested only in helping those who are in thrall to an individualistic, indifferent and self-centred mentality to be freed from those unworthy chains and to attain a way of living and thinking which is more humane, noble and fruitful, and which will bring dignity to their presence on this earth.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsSelfHelpingEarthPoliticalSpeakInterestDignityIntentionAffectionNobleIdeologyChainsOpponentsMentalityIndifferentOffendedFoeHumaneUnworthyPolitical IdeologyPersonal InterestIndividualistic Book:The Joy of the Gospel Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier.” MenHumansIdeasEarthBeliefDignitySoldierObedientHuman Dignity Book:The Importance of Living Source: The Importance of Living
“High above all earthly lower happiness, the blessedness of the eight Beatitudes towers into the heaven itself. They are white with the snows of eternity; they give a space, a meaning, a dignity to all the rest of the earth over which they brood.” GivingEarthHeavenSpaceWhiteBibleDignityEternityEightSnowTowersBlessedness Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.” MayHomeEarthPovertyQuietDignitySkinsUnconsciousWorn Author:Bessie Head
“Therefore, the central point which we see in the centre of the hieroglyphic Monad produces the Earth , round which the Sun , the Moon , and the other planets follow their respective paths. The Sun has the supreme dignity , and we represent him by a circle having a visible centre.” EarthSunPathProducePlanetsMoonDignityRoundsCirclesSupremeVisibleCentreHieroglyphics Book:John Dee: Essential Readings Source: John Dee: Essential Readings