Civilization Quote by Mary Douglas

Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of…

— Franklin Foer

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful,…

— Mary Douglas

My opinion is, that more harm than good is done by physicians; and I am convinced, that, had I left my patients to nature,…

— Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Oftentimes, we get advice from people who are not equipped to give it, and it does more harm than good.

— Amy Chan

Leaders of nations, and people whose wealth or fame gives them power over the lives of others quite often do more harm than good.

— Allen W. Wood

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence…

— Will Durant

Like almost every major infrastructure, the Internet can be abused and its users harmed. We must, however, take great care that the cure for…

— Vint Cerf

But we have gone so far in the direction of over treating terminal patients that we've failed to recognize when we're doing more harm…

— Sheri Fink

The science of legislation is like that of medicine in one respect: that it is far more easy to point out what will do…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When books come out on religion today, what are they about, well, Noah's Ark or when we go to heaven, does our body or…

— Vincent Bugliosi

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

— E. O. Wilson