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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
forgiveness enemy forgiving
The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.
forgiveness forgiving done
May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remember wrong that has been done us? That we may forgive it. Charles Dickens
forgiveness doe noble
There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries. Charles Simmons
forgiveness heart mean
We are to forgive so that we may enjoy God's goodness without feeling the weight of anger burning deep within our hearts. Forgiveness does not mean we recant the fact that what happened to us was wrong. Instead, we roll our burdens onto the Lord and allow Him to carry them for us. Charles Stanley
forgiveness running home
When we stray from His presence, He longs for you to come back. He weeps that you are missing out on His love, protection and provision. He throws His arms open, runs toward you, gathers you up, and welcomes you home.
forgiveness blessed giving
To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still, and that is to forgive. As it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive rises a stage higher in experience than to be forgiven. Charles Spurgeon
forgiveness lying essence
We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.
forgiveness forgiving done
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. Alan Paton
forgiveness forgiven has-beens
You have been forgiven, so act like it!
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilized greater importance relatively verb
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. John Wesley Powell
civilized ensure independence
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom. Mahmoud Abbas
civilized societies
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Tom McClintock
civilized goes left running
When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help. Kathleen Blanco
civilized freedoms protect rest
to protect the freedoms of the rest of the civilized world. Hoshyar Zebari
civilized measure redemption society
Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. Greg Boyle
civilized corps nations recoil
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops. Alfred Nobel
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The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place. Anita Borg