Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
John Charles Polanyi.
“Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.”
“Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.”
“For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.”
“For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.”
“Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.”
“You can find a better you inside of you. Why dont you search for that?”
“Do not fear to give yourself a chance that will change you for the better.”
“He explained that often times it's the love of something- like money, material, possessions, or power-and the fear of losing them, that command people to act. That love and fear are really the only...”
“Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.”
“I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane,' said Diana, 'during your walk on the moor. But go after him; he is now lingering in the passage expecting you - he will make it up.'I have not m...”
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point ...”
“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”
“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any other species on this planet. For some reason, man accorded himself a sup...”
“More than the disappearing trees and roses, its the human tendency to suppress the Natural Voice of the Natures Man which is sorrowful.”