Civilisation Quote by Anonymous

In a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own?

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Taught by centuries of living, the republic of immortal men had achieved a perfection of tolerance, almost of disdain. They knew that over an…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“All human affairs rest upon probabilities, and the same thing is true everywhere. If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust,…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Genius, when employed in works whose tendency it is to demoralize and to degrade us, should be contemplated with abhorrence rather than with admiration;…

— Charles Caleb Colton

From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary…

— Napoleon Hill

Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce a prodigious…

— Walter Russell

“There is nothing very remarkable about being immortal; with the exception of mankind, all creatures are immortal, for they know nothing of death. What…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Men are immortal till their work is done.

— David Livingstone

“Many are the lives of men unwritten, which have nevertheless as powerfully influenced civilization and progress as the more fortunate Great whose names are…

— Samuel Smiles

“Ordinary men wonder why those of only average intelligence so often rise to the highest levels of power, while highly intelligent people generally do…

— Dave Champion