Civilization Quote by Nayantara Sahgal Download Open image “Civilization itself is housed in the human being.” — Nayantara Sahgal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civilization Culture Human beings Humans Nature of man
In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Civilization is the sum total of all those activities that allow men to transcend mere biological existence and reach for a richer mental, aesthetic,… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Civilization is complex. It involves the existence of human communities characterized by political and social organization; dominating and utilizing natural forces; adapting themselves to… — Frank L. DeSilva Copy Share Image
Civilization is the art of living together with people not entirely like oneself. — Helen Cam Copy Share Image
“Civilization is the name we give to the interaction of human beings in a very creative way, when, as it were, a critical mass… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
“What makes a civilization real to its inhabitants, in the end, is not just the splendid edifices at it centre, nor even the smooth… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it. — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
what was the right level of prosperity, the level that banished dire need but did not satiate, the level that did not threaten the… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
Race was a word that bred arrogance, danger and violence. When had incitement to race served a peaceful purpose? Race was a fuel and… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
In India the human being is a symphonic theme. 'The people' is not a compact, close-knit concept, but a sprawling one, flowing not only… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
Formal education in British India was remarkable for its lack of connection with its Indian environment. Like the African persuaded to cover his nakedness… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette. — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help. — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
[Race] had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of day. — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The mission is, not to replace old world mindlessness with new world mindlessness, but to put an end to all forms of brainless authoritarianism.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image