Civilization Quote by Seth

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is…

— Oscar Wilde

Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony. This opinion…

— Herbert Marcuse

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work…

— Frank Herbert

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

— Gregory David Roberts

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

— Andy Rooney

One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession…

— Sigmund Freud

“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

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

— Dean Koontz

Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.

— Alexander Meiklejohn