Century Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage.

— Samuel Johnson

“As a result of that confined distribution, peoples who pride themselves on being civilized have always viewed writing as the sharpest distinction raising them…

— Jared Diamond

“The reality [of what life was like for the whole of our species for at least 90 percent of its history] was very different…

— Chris Harman

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own…

— Stanley Kubrick

War! When I but think of this word, I feel bewildered, as though they were speaking to me of sorcery, of the Inquisition, of…

— Guy de Maupassant

“The theological perspective of participation actually saves the appearances by exceeding them. It recognizes that materialism and spiritualism are false alternatives, since if there…

— John Milbank

“The process which, if not checked, will abolish Man goes on apace among Communists and Democrats no less than among Fascists. The methods may…

— C.S. Lewis

For better or for worse, in 'The Last Savage,' I have dared to do away completely with fashionable dissonance, and in a modest way,…

— Gian Carlo Menotti

Still more pathetic is the total collapse of moral fanaticism. Fanatics think that their single-minded principles qualify them to do battle with the powers…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that…

— E. F. Schumacher

“Don’t underrate ordinary human decency,” Josh said quietly. “There’s more of heaven in a guy who hands a cold soda to a hot, tired…

— John Barnes