Culture Quote by Mark Elvin

“Civilization is an achievement not a gift; it is always besieged, must constantly be defended, and once lost, is immeasurably difficult to reclaim. We…

— Roger Kimball

“Humanity's savageness is what makes it civilized. Technology, trade, computers, space travel. All are products of competition and conflict.”

— Adam Burch

“...gave so much time and thought to units - the Nation, the Race, Humanity-as-a-Whole - that it laid terrific burdens on humanity as individuals.…

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“Far too often we’ve let humanity become a commodity that serves us along the way, rather than an asset that enriches our journey.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Human beings will be remembered as the race who tried to destroy everything they did not understand. People, animals, plants, even the giant ball…

— Robert Black

“Sometimes in our quest to be seen as credible and professional and sophisticated, we forget the value of our humanity.”

— Henna Pryor

“Human reason grows rich by self-conquest.”

— Publius Syrus

“This trespass had not come without a price. Living un-lives, material comforts and luxuries became superfluous, connection to the outside world undesirable, and power…

— J. Valor

“Perhaps that is the greatest crime of conquest--that a civilization is denied the right to evolve beyond its own embarrassment.”

— Neal Shusterman

“History is the hallmark of humanity.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most of them labour the greater part of their time for mere subsistence; and the scanty…

— Charles William Eliot

“If one is searching for the cause of brutality in mankind, it would do well to remember that civilization is a great and vast…

— Christopher Dutton