This is one of the stout-hearted old warriors: he is angry with civilization because he supposes that its aim is to make… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it… — Vilhjalmur Stefansson Copy Share Image
There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
What is called Western Civilization is in an advanced state of decomposition, and another Dark Ages will soon be upon us, if,… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We do injury to a child if we bring it up in a narrow Christianity, which prevents it from ever becoming capable… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. — James Ramsey Ullman Copy Share Image
Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region.… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Civilization is perhaps approaching one of those long winters that overtake it from time to time. Romantic Christendom - picturesque, passionate, unhappy… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion,… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
“This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior.” — Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident Copy Share Image
The world is ruled, and the destiny of civilization is established, by the human emotions. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I am leaving in order to have peace and quiet. To be rid of the influence of civilization. I only want to… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
We usually speak of the Jewish-Christian civilization - perhaps, the time has come, especially with regard to the Middle East conflict, to… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
We must reject the idea of isolationism, . But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every civil war around the world. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
No race or civilization of people are just going to say, "Oh, instead of using real meat, let's just mash up a… — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
“Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
I don't want to compare my city to Zurich; thank God we're not that boring. Rio is advancing fast, but we're at… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal. — Willis R. Whitney Copy Share Image
