In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
Understanding the times means understanding the course of history and civilization, as well as understanding the present situation. If we understand how… — James B. Jordan Copy Share Image
The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among… — John Denham Copy Share Image
Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit. — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival. — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Many of our actions degrade our habitat because we undertake them in order to reach goals whose allure blinds us to myriad… — Steven M. Stanley Copy Share Image
The central purpose of the Work that Reconnects is to help people uncover and experience their innate connections with each other and… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
A warming of this magnitude would risk the end of civilization as we know it by the end of this century. — Peter Barrett Copy Share Image
Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the… — Abdelaziz Bouteflika Copy Share Image
The destructive impact of psychiatry upon our civilization has been given far too little attention, and the role of psychiatry in Nazi… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history. — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
The highest civilizations -- the longest to last and I believe the most successful in human terms -- are those which have… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Modern society seems to be a celebration of all the things that lead away from the Truth, make Truth hard to live… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I am interested in climate change and other topics too. But this thing is so huge, in the worst case we are… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
