Civilization Quote by Luther Standing Bear

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.

— Luther Standing Bear

I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion now. It's…

— Ray Bradbury

“Religions, creeds, drama, poetry, games, folklore, folk tales, mythology, moral and aesthetic codes' elements of the political and juridical life affirming a personality's value…

— Alija Izetbegović

Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.

— Robert E. Howard

“Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one's neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner.”

— Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

— Otto von Bismarck

My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies.

— Mark Twain

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?

— Serj Tankian

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'

— Mahatma Gandhi

The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live…

— St. Jerome