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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
perfection technique invisible
If you obey the technique to perfection, that technique will become invisible. Alan Chadwick
perfection
I expect perfection from myself. Bryce Harper
perfection perfect doe
Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect. Carolina Herrera
perfection looks absurd
It is absurd to look for perfection. Camille Pissarro
perfection institutions collapse
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. C. Northcote Parkinson
perfection wish world
In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants. Charles Lyell
perfection progress aviation
I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress. Charles Lindbergh
perfection feminist disease
Perfection is a disease of a nation. Beyonce Knowles
perfection world demand
In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing. Edith Schaeffer
humanity architect grey
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. Chip Kidd
humanity
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. Chinua Achebe
humanity mud practicals
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'
humanity end-of-the-world world
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime
humanity originality specks
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality
humanity states organized
The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.
humanity identity divorced
Our identity was bestowed upon us by God and when humanity rebelled against God, we were divorced from the source of our identity. In this vacuum, work can wrongfully become the source of our identity wreaking havoc on our lives and work. Work was never meant to carry the weight of our identity. David Kim
humanity challenges global-warming
Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.
humanity historical lists
History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents Edward Gibbon