Civilisation Quotes

188 Civilisation quotes by 166 unique authors

I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans… — Louis de Bernieres
To pursue truth with such astonishing lack of consideration for other people's feelings, to rend the think veils of civilisation so wantonly, so brutally, was… — Virginia Woolf
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation. — Benjamin Disraeli
An Outside Context Problem was the sort of thing most civilisations encountered just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way… — Iain Banks
Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You… — Frank Herbert
You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a… — Mahatma Gandhi
Modern mass culture, aimed at the 'consumer', the civilisation of prosthetics, is crippling people's souls, setting up barriers between man and the crucial questions of… — Andrei Tarkovsky
[N]othing about a book is so unmistakable and so irreplaceable as the stamp of the cultured mind. I don't care what the story is about… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Everything might scatter. You might be right. I suppose it's something we can't easily get away from. People need to feel they belong. To a… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I'm sick. I've eaten civilisation and I'm sick. — Aldous Huxley
Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers,… — Ray Bradbury
Advice for a human 86. To like something is to insult it. Love it or hate it. Be passionate. As civilisation advances, so does indifference.… — Matt Haig
The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. — Albert Schweitzer
My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery… — Bertrand Russell
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Roving dogs do not indicate the civilisation or compassion of the society. They betray on the country the ignorance and lethargy of its members. — Mahatma Gandhi
Environmental activism against the resource industry is widespread all over the world, but at the same time we have to realise that these are basic… — Anil Agarwal
Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth. — Vladimir Putin
The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global… — Julian Assange
The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability;… — Henry Williamson
China is, indeed, in so many ways, not like the West. It is not even primarily a nation state but a civilisation state. Whereas the… — Martin Jacques
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part… — Martin Jacques
Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be part of this… — Wadah Khanfar
I believe we are put here to improve civilisation. — Seamus Heaney
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a… — Alain Ducasse

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