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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
found presence-of-god absolutes
True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God.
found frustrating
I never found it frustrating not speaking. David Selby
founders humans
The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them. David McCullough
found industry bits
It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out. Catherine Bell
found late post scandal whatsoever yesterday
The Post found out about this late yesterday afternoon. They had no inkling whatsoever a scandal was brewing. Howard Rubenstein
found good help jason jefferson job richard struggled
We struggled with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson but we found a way to help each other and I think we did a good job tonight. Mehmet Okur
found friendly offer ourselves quickly shocked together
We are making a friendly offer to Reynolds, ... We were shocked when we found out that Alcoa had made its offer and we assembled ourselves as quickly as we could to put together this proposal.
foundation emotion reason
Emotion is the foundation of reason. David Brooks
foundation donation
I am the donation to the foundation. Baron Davis
altars canada family hasten human language longer matters people races share soil today
Two races share today the soil of Canada These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel. Wilfrid Laurier
altars
I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science. A. J. Jacobs
altars believe believed digging finally floors local people pyramid saw shapes
When they first saw us digging there, the local people just couldn't believe there was a pyramid there. It was only when the slopes and shapes of the pyramid, the floors with altars were found, that the finally believed us.
altars brought canadian-politician fathers permit quenched sacred temples
Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised? Joseph Howe
altars create domestic ordinary room
Domestic altars are deliberately set into the everyday, as a way of infusing the ordinary with the sacred. It doesn't take a whole room to create a place to worship. David Bennett
altars character conformity high ideal lost sacrificed
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altars of conformity and popularity.