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Civilization Quotes by Simone Weil
- The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
- If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians…
- I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries…
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- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents… — Julian Assange
- Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for… — Pearl S. Buck
- There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'… — Seth Shostak
- Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Edward Gargan
- In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization. — Oscar Wilde
- I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.