Quote by Elias Canetti

“As a matter of fact, the methods of primitive accumulation are anything but idyllic.”

— Karl Marx

“Man has been slipping backward for ages. The more advanced we became the more primitive we grew.”

— Jennifer Ott

“Though our survival system doesn’t always work to our advantage, it is a mistake to think we should conquer the primitive self completely.”

— Kelly McGonigal

“..we may value foreign elements not only because they are new but because they seem to accord more faithfully with our identity and commitments…

— Alain de Botton

“The more primitive a man is the better he believes himself to be.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.”

— Mark Twain

“The motives of mankind are plainer than the motions they produce.”

— R.D. Blackmore

“Non of our possessions would be obsolete, unless have no respect for them.”

— Saaif Alam

“Small, therefore, can we think the progress we have made, as long as our admiration for those who have done noble things is barren,…

— Plutarch

“We desire no conquest, no dominion, we seek no indemnities, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.”

— Margot Asquith

“In the company of what-is, man is neither privileged nor detached, but rather merely exists among other things.”

— Barbara Bolt

“There are few things more powerful than people united.”

— Vironika Tugaleva