Balance Quote by Albert Schweitzer

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.

— John Muir

“Religions, creeds, drama, poetry, games, folklore, folk tales, mythology, moral and aesthetic codes' elements of the political and juridical life affirming a personality's value…

— Alija Izetbegović

The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

— Anonymous

The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth. By overstressing one part or the other, man fails…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Civilization runs a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up.

— Sigmund Freud

“The individual is drawn by two forces. First, the spirits desire of uniting all spirits. Second, a mixture of survival, fear and mainly ego.…

— Monaristw

Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its…

— Khalil Gibran

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

— Mary Douglas

“Modern life seems to recede further and further away from nature, and closely connected with this fact we seem to be losing the feeling…

— D.T. Suzuki

“Religion has clearly performed great services for human civilization. It has contributed much towards the taming of the asocial instincts. But not enough. It…

— Sigmund Freud

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Our intellect has achieved the most tremendous things, but in the meantime our spiritual dwelling has fallen into disrepair.

— Carl Jung