Dignity Quote by Desmond Tutu

Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. They think, "I am a…

— Desmond Tutu

The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we are humiliated.

— Desmond Tutu

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we…

— David Whyte

Justice is revenge.

— Saad Hariri

Most people say they want justice, but they don't really want justice. They want revenge. They want to see the pain spread around equally.

— David Gerrold

Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.

— Pope Francis

If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that…

— Jonathan Carroll

Is not Justice just a nice way to say revenge.

— Antonya Nelson

Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common…

— Hillary Clinton

Death with dignity is better than life with humiliation.

— Anonymous

There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which…

— Jules Renard