Culture Quote by Schoschana Rabinovici

“This is the tragedy of almost every civilization—that its soul is in its faith, and seldom survives philosophy.”

— Will Durant

“And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old…

— Jean Hegland

“For over twenty-five centuries we’ve been bearing the weight of superb and heterogeneous civilizations, all from outside, none made by ourselves, none that we…

— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

“The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no…

— George Orwell

“The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no…

— George Orwell

“Civilization is a thin veil over our savage selves, easily lifted by some for personal glorification.”

— Lilo Abernathy

“reducing human love, joy, religion, and art to a product of unconscious urges, or economic forces, or the struggle for survival and reproduction, the…

— Louis A. Markos

“We are giving the world back to man, and man back to himself. Man shall no longer be vile, but noble. We shall not…

— Irving Stone

“Think of this: If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no…

— Jasper Fforde

“Ultimately, we lacked the courage to face up to our own true selves—our bare forms noble though petty, everything though nothing, almighty though powerless,…

— Sakyo Komatsu

“The cool contemplation of other people's suffering while one exhibits polished manners in a society that is deemed civil is only a shade less…

— Stjepan Mestrovic

“in general, from the violation of a few simple laws of humanity arises the wretchedness of mankind - that as a species we have…

— Edgar Allan Poe