Civilization Quote by Albert Einstein

Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.

— Albert Einstein

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

— Albert Einstein

“For all the successes of Western civilization, the world paid a dear price in terms of the most crucial component of existence - the…

— Eben Alexander

“Advanced civilizations are recognizable by their elevated contributions to humanity, not by unjustly exploited material technological manifestations.”

— T.F. Hodge

“We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work…

— Sam Harris

“The crime which is done now is that war has made a tool and slave of science, and man's knowledge, painfully and laboriously compiled,…

— Leonard Wibberley

Progress of mankind is the decadence of humanity.

— Siddharth Katragadda

“Civilization, as it is often practiced today, is really manufactured, inauthentic civilization”

— Stjepan Mestrovic

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that…

— Victor Hugo

“The civilized man is technologically ahead of — intellectually behind — his time.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We are at the dawn of a technological arms race, an arms race between people who are using technology for good and those who…

— Marc Goodman

“We have feet to move forward and brains to think and create; we need the both to invent new technologies and develop essential processes…

— John Taskinsoy