“Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.”
“Without dignity, identity is erased.”
“What I want are words to define myself without the connotations of absence.”
“There are no extraordinary men...just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.”
“There are no great men, there are only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.”
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”