“When distinction of any kind, even intellectual distinction, is somehow resented as a betrayal of the American spirit of equal opportunity for… — Harold Edmund Stearns Copy Share Image
Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the final analysis, the progress of our civilization will be retarded if any large body of citizens falls behind. Without the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society.… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the… — Albert J. Beveridge Copy Share Image
East India Company were a huge multinational that had the added impetus that they felt they were spreading Christian civilization around the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
The pediatrician must have thought me one of those neurotic mothers who craved distinction for her child but who in our civilization's… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
It will be a gay world. There will be lights everywhere except in the minds of men, and the fall of the… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we’re entering the Age of the Ass. — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must… — Frederick Hart Copy Share Image
Lucifer represents life, though, progress, civilization, liberty, independence. Lucifer is the Logos, the Serpent, the Savior. — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
All cultures forged by nations—the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Sweatpants painted to look like denim are the end of civilization. It drives me mental. — Annabel Tollman Copy Share Image
