“I knew what it felt like to have no say in who you were as a sexual being. It didn't just strip away your dignity. It stripped away everything you were: your identity, your self-respect, your pleasure. Because it was all about the pleasure of the other person take, take, taking whatever they wanted from you, even if it was uncomfortable, or caused you pain. Even if you died from it, the other person still wouldn't care, because it was all about them.” IfsPersonsStillsSelfCareWantedPainFeltPleasureIdentityDignityDiedUncomfortableSelf Respect Author:Jess C Scott
“The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse.” MenSometimesPainGreaterStandingDignityRisingEclipseDownfallSlipperyIndignity Author:Francis Bacon
“The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.” MenSometimesPainGreaterDignityRisingIndignity Book:The Conduct of the Understanding. By J. Locke ... Essays ... By Lord Bacon. With Sketches of the Lives of Locke and Bacon Source: The Conduct of the Understanding. By J. Locke ... Essays ... By Lord Bacon. With Sketches of the Lives of Locke and Bacon
“The experience of losing a loved one impels us toward a deeper understanding of life. Everyone fears and is saddened by death. That is natural. But by struggling to overcome the pain and sadness that accompanies death, we become sharply aware of the dignity and preciousness of life and develop the compassion to share the sufferings of others as our own.” PainSufferingUnderstandingNaturalCompassionStruggleSadnessShareLosingDignityOvercomingDeeperLoved OnesAccompanySaddenedLosing A Loved OneSuffering Of OthersDeeper Understanding Author:Daisaku Ikeda