Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal,… — H. A. L. Fisher
The foundations of civilization are no stronger and no more enduring than the corporate integrity of the homes on which they rest. If the home… — Billy Graham
Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one… — Albert Schweitzer
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their… — William Bourke Cockran
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. — Friedrich Engels
The central purpose of the Work that Reconnects is to help people uncover and experience their innate connections with each other and with the systemic,… — Joanna Macy
During the reign of Rameses III (the Twentieth Dynasty) Egypt saw a flowering of its civilization and the harp became the royal instrument of priests… — Corinne Heline
The famous Greek physician Hippocrates administered musical treatments to his patients in 400 B.C. Although this type of treatment did not originate with him, it… — Corinne Heline
We cannot be sure that we ought not to regard the most criminal country as that which in some aspects possesses the highest civilization. — Havelock Ellis
Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This is… — Swami Vivekananda
If today I had a young mind to direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the duty of choosing… — Tom Brown, Jr.
Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization. — Ray Bradbury
All our civilization is based on invention; before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves. — Reginald Fessenden
As agonizing a disease as cancer is, I do not think it can be said that our civilization is threatened by it. ... But a… — Carl Sagan
Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material. — George Bernard Shaw
Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.' — Dian Fossey
I don't care two hoots about civilization. I want to wander in the wild. — Jane Goodall
Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses us with the relative value… — Franz Boas
Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving… — Humphry Davy
The fact remains that, if the supply of energy failed, modern civilization would come to an end as abruptly as does the music of an… — Frederick Soddy
The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt. — Sigmund Freud
The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization. — Jules Verne
The world we know at present is in no fit state to take over the dreariest little meteor ... If we have the courage and… — J. B. Priestley
There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been… — Franz Boas

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