1. "Most obey the environment and their experiences of the moment and forget about their dignity. But it should become a permanent and natural expression of the inner achievement of the spirit, awareness of its value and significance as the eternal and indestructible essence of the spirit. Be able to keep the dignity of the spirit!" [Facets of Agni Yoga 1956, 611]
2. "Pridefulness struts in shoes of stone; intoxication flaps wings of wax. But the dignity of the spirit is the fire of the heart, the wings that ascend to the sun." [Heart, 262]
3. "There is nothing in the world for which it would be worth sacrificing the dignity of the spirit, for when a concession is made, even what it was done for is lost." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1960, 71]
4. "Only the subtlety of expressions and actions is the measure of a person's dignity in the eyes of a true Easterner." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 2. 038]
5. "Inner dignity droops from the humiliating, shady, petty side of life… People don't think much about their dignity. Dignity cannot be ostentatious. It is the expression of the essence of man. Based on a well-deserved self-respect. ...A fiery receptacle of Light, your spirit without the veils of darkness is worthy of the highest respect and reverence. Its worthy expression... is the basis of the dignity of the spirit. Dignity is a necessary and useful concept and a necessary quality. It is expressed in everything by a triad of thoughts, words and actions, which should be forms of its expression... This armor must be forged, and consciously. This quality should always sound in everything. The whole person, both externally and internally, in sleep and waking, is filled and imbued with his power. How little people value their dignity. Dignity is an expression of what is worthy of a person, and especially of what a person wants to become. Even the usual actions of the day, saturated with the consciousness of dignity, create an atmosphere of solemnity and tranquility. The dignity is synthetic quality. ... And all the pettiness, fussiness, anxiety, fears, haste and all the market bustle of life goes out of the lives of those who have known it. ...To find the resultant between dignity and life is a task... The distance between the two disappears: to be and to seem. The expression corresponds to the inner essence not only of the word, but also of the entire microcosm. This does not mean to open oneself, but to be oneself and to maintain the steadfastness of the circle of consciousness regardless of everything that is outside." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1952, 122]
6. "Few people understand that the dignity of the spirit can manifest itself only when a person has found a fulcrum or center of stability in himself and places his hopes on it, but not on something standing outside. ...The antipode of the dignity of the solemn spirit will be the appearance of a puppet from a bazaar booth, all of whose movements depend on the strings by which he is pulled by everyone into whose hands they fall. The phenomenon is humiliating and unworthy of the human spirit ..." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1954, 495].
7. "Let the dignity of the spirit be the measure of behavior." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1955, 122]
8. "The high quality of the dignity of the spirit excludes lies, deception, flattery, ingratiation, obsequiousness, irritation and many other small feelings and insignificant thoughts. It is simply incompatible with them." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1967, 215]
9. "Do not exchange your dignity for small feelings, experiences and emotions. ... Whoever is able to preserve his dignity in the small, will preserve it in the great." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1953, 623]
