Emile Durkheim Quotes

Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man.

We live in a society where nothing is sacred.

The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

Women are sacred.

I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.

It is not a mark of manhood to carelessly use the name of the Almighty or of His Beloved Son in a vain and flippant way, as many are prone to do.

One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.

Now, I don't know much about art, but I know desecration when I see it.

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.

To have a personal life is the minimum freedom you have to give to a human being.

Human rights are being violated in so many places. But we don't give up because we know respect for human rights and human dignity is a basic condition for peace.

It's a human right to be able to have a relationship.

It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.

God lays claim to all firsts. So when you keep for yourself something that belongs to God you are desecrating what is to be consecrated to God.

You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.

Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.

One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.

I went almost naked to see that my mother was kept decent and treated as a human being for the first time in all of her life.

The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to hold whatever religious beliefs we choose.