Human Dignity

Famous quotes containing the words human and/or dignity:

“Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.”
—Francis Bacon (1560–1626)

“He who was Goodness, Gentleness,
And Dignity is free,
Translates to public Love
Old private charity.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)