Culture Quote by René Descartes

“It is good to know something of the customs of different people in order to judge more soundly of our own, and so that…

— Descartes

“Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why my culture…

— Gloria D. Gonsalves

“A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures…

— Julius Nyerere

“You are the point of origin for everything in your world: you set the standard for yourself.”

— Steve Maraboli

“If you go to a foreign country and disregard their culture, you will be a complete embarrassment to your native home country. You represent…

— Scott Worden

“If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations.”

— James Madison

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be…

— Nelson Mandela

“If I had any kind of creed in regard to living among strangers, it was this: once could criticize one's own place, indeed one…

— Robyn Davidson

“Once we distinguish race and culture, the way is open to acknowledge that not all cultures are equally admirable, and that not all cultures…

— Roger Scruton

“So much barbarism, however, still remains in the transactions of most civilized nations, that almost all independent countries choose to assert their nationality by…

— John Stuart Mill

“Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one's neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner.”

— Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

“A country is judged by the actions at the top. Such is the way across the world. Nations are judged by their rulers, and…

— Cheryl Matthynssens