Age Quote by David Brooks

To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.

— Bertrand Russell

I do not think there is such a thing as a "clash of civilizations." When I say that Muslims as Muslims cannot be represented…

— Talal Asad

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with…

— Arthur Erickson

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

— Mahatma Gandhi

While [European] national cultures were concocted to distinguish one economic unit of capital from another, civilizational thinking was invented to unify these cultures against…

— Hamid Dabashi

I think confronted with the modern world or with the rest of the world, I think people are becoming aware that the Western and…

— Bernard Lewis

Western civilization is, no doubt, predominantly on the side of secular relativism. That is not true in the Islamic world, where faith dominates.

— Rene Girard

“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were…

— Samuel P. Huntington

The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the…

— Brendan Myers

For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because,…

— Martin Jacques

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led…

— Liu Xiaobo

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.

— Eileen Myles