Ability Quote by W. H. Auden

What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.

— Manmohan Singh

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

— Baltasar Gracian

Speech is civilization itself.

— Thomas Mann

A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.

— Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

— Oliver Goldsmith

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

— Cullen Hightower

Civilization is the intelligent management of human emotions.

— Jim Rohn

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

— Sydney Smith

Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Writers sometimes talk as though they were the only friends of civilization. This is their conceit. But they have special powers to serve --…

— Storm Jameson

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

— Mahatma Gandhi