The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days. — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
One cannot deny that in former times man's life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore,… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
We can either build a Star Trek future, in which our civilization rises to new heights, or descend into a Mad Max… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The different religions have never overlooked the part played by the sense of guilt in civilization. What is more, they come forward… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
If we don't watch out, the pleasure o be gained from the discriminating enjoyment of food will be lost. It may not… — Benoite Groult Copy Share Image
Slowly but certainly the proletarian, by every political reform which secures his well-being under new rules of insurance, of State control in… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
The health of our home planet and the survival of our species will only be secured through the use of space resources… — Bob Richards Copy Share Image
A country in which the people are not healthy physically and psychologically, are poorly educated and illiterate, will never rise to the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
If aliens from outer space ever come and we show them our civilization and they make fun of it, we should say… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The civilized man is technologically ahead of — intellectually behind — his time.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.” — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“What 'primitive' men called gossip, 'civilized' men call news.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he… — Jose Bergamin Copy Share Image
I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The civilization of cities is breeding a new race of monks who have none of the original religious drive towards chastity, but… — Kylie Tennant Copy Share Image
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
“The same pattern of the creation by supernatural gods of an ordered Universe out of Chaos occurs over and over again in… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Civilization, stretching up to recognize that every child is a portion of State wealth, may presently make some movement to recognize maternity… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
The main thing going on in the 20th century is a dissolving of boundaries, all the boundaries that historical civilization put in… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
