Cultures Quote by Kathleen Baldwin

“We do not actually know other cultures; we only know our judgements.”

— Bryant McGill

If history tells us anything, it is that human culture and knowledge are constantly evolving.

— James Redfield

“the knowledge underlying civilization is so widespread today”

— Peter Thiel

The biblical writers assumed many things about reality that modern, Western people do not assume because we've been conditioned by our cultures to assume…

— Roger E. Olson

“How could they be so certain of the superiority of their truths when they knew so little, if anything at all, about other cultures,…

— Elif Shafak

“Modern people are just like ancient ones, only more numerous.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“We live in this bubble of ignorance. Most people know nothing about history, or the historical context of the traditions they still follow today.…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

“We assume that anything that is new to us is new to human society as a whole, and that if we don’t see it…

— C. N. Lester

“We should have known much more than our ancestors. But if we learn less, we're much more stupid than them.”

— Toba Beta

“Also, a large swath of our intellectual culture is loath to admit that there could be anything good about civilization, modernity, and Western society.”

— Steven Pinker

“Someone has said that culture is what remains with you after you have forgotten all you have read, and I believe there is much…

— Louis L'Amour

“... the modern era should not see an end to cultural diversity, but modern people should engage with their traditions in a transformed way:…

— Christopher Goto-Jones