Without dignity, identity is erased.
Interpretation
Dignity is essential for maintaining one's identity and self-worth.
This quote emphasizes the critical role that dignity plays in shaping and preserving an individual's identity. Without dignity, a person's sense of self and uniqueness can be compromised, leading to a loss of personal significance and recognition in the eyes of others.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of self-respect and human rights.
Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful.
I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.
Most people, when they hear the disease name, it's all they know about it. It sounds so mild. When I first was sick, for the first 10 years or so, I was dismissed. I was ridiculed and told I was lazy. It was a joke.
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write
Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.
Death is the only thing we haven't succeeded in completely vulgarizing.
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