Barbaric Quote by Péter Nádas

“No matter the source of our creation let us give honor to that source.”

— Bryant McGill

“There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.”

— Walter Benjamin

“What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Nothing in the history of humankind has been disrespected as much as nature.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Civilization... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

“Civilization is but a thin veneer stretched across the passions of the human heart. And civilization doesn't just happen; we have to make it…

— Bill Moyers

“civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.”

— Anton Chekhov

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

— Georges Clemenceau

“The true nature of a human being is not compatible with the so-called civilized world.”

— Bryant McGill

“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Mankind is close to savagery and must live by rules. If not, we would sink into our own animal nature and perish.”

— Noah Gordon

“We are all beings of our own creation.”

— B.C. Sirrom