Things happen for a reason Quote by Mason Cooley

Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints.

— Wallace Stevens

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

— Dean Koontz

When thought races ahead of Being, a civilization is racing towards destruction.

— Jacob Needleman

Great civilizations have annihilated themselveswhen the development of their spiritual wisdom lagged far behind their scientific technology. We need to walk softly, for though…

— Mary Summer Rain

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

— Emile M. Cioran

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.

— Benjamin F. Wade

“Because we are not in a civilization which believes strongly in oracles or sacred places, we see the full frenzy of those who killed…

— G.K. Chesterton

In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It's their nature. They can't help it.

— Carl Sagan

We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Because we are not in a civilization which believes strongly in oracles or sacred places, we see the full frenzy of those who killed…

— G.K. Chesterton

In the midst of all this turmoil and destruction, the Latter-day Saints should dwell in peace and safety. This they may do if they…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history or denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of their…

— William Wallace