Achieve Quote by Octavia Butler

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.…

— Anonymous

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its…

— Roger Scruton

In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so…

— Fukuzawa Yukichi

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

— Roger Zelazny

“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

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

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.

— Robert Andrews Millikan

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one…

— Sting

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

— Jane Addams

Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the…

— Will Durant