Agency Quote by Mary Ritter Beard

We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines. Civilization, as…

— Henry George

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To a high degree we are, through art and science, cultured. We are civilized - perhaps too much for our own good - in…

— Immanuel Kant

Civilization depends on morality.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The moral development of a civilization is measured by the breadth of its sense of community.

— Anatol Rapoport

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony. This opinion…

— Herbert Marcuse

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.

— Joseph Butler

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

“Ethics and moralities cover a wide range of values. Such words might sound delightful to someone’s ears or make another feel a sense of…

— Dr. Hussam Atef Elkhatib

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

— Andy Rooney

The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.

— Charles Darwin