Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

DIGNITY

She is clothed with strength and Dignity;
She can laugh at the days to come. …….Proverbs 31:25

Dignity consists not in possessing honors,
but in the consciousness that we deserve them. …….Aristotle

True Dignity is never gained by place,
and never lost when honors are withdrawn. ……Phillip Massinger

Let not a man guard his Dignity,
but let his dignity guard him. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for;
-And worth dying for. …….Robert Maynard

Our Dignity is not in what we do,
but what we understand. ………George Santayana

When boasting ends, there Dignity begins. …….Owen D. Young

The only kind of Dignity which is genuine is that which
is not diminished by the indifference of others. ……Dag Hammarskjold

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