Civilization Quote by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

“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

“When civilization is strong and widespread enough, "culture" will appear and take care of itself.”

— John Lukacs

“All definitions of civilization along to a conjugation which goes: "I am civilized, you belong to a culture, he is a barbarian.”

— Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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

— Anonymous

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

— Abhijit Naskar

“Civilization is always threatened from below, by patterns of belief and emotion that may once have been useful to our ancestors, but that are…

— Roger Scruton

“To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life”

— Sherwood Anderson

“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

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

— Andy Rooney

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

— Jane Addams

“, civilization is an ever-changing tacit agreement, culturally inherited, not chosen at birth. Civilization is the invention of man, my big friend. It is…

— Peter Jelen