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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.
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
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
india great-things
And then a great thing in my life was going to India. Beatrice Wood
india born
I was born in India - but never really lived there. Aasif Mandvi
indian left less people politics realize
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit. Larry Brilliant
india military ruled
Military intervention by India in Sri Lanka is ruled out, Jaswant Singh
india-and-pakistan forever looking-forward
I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever. Asif Ali Zardari
indians
But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes. George Crook
india share stance support
We share Pakistan's stance on this. India also does not support a Twenty20 world tournament. Sharad Pawar
india sickness terrorism
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Abdul Kalam
indian-leader mind
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Bodhidharma
peace stars two
Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.
peace spring reflection
Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.
peace healing feelings
A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there Alanis Morissette
peace war principles
Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after. Alan Watts
peace war men
It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace. Alan Moore
peaceful election states
I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. Akhmad Kadyrov
peace-with-god saving scripture
God's redemptive revelation in Scripture is necessary to saving faith and peace with God. Faith in a risen Savior is necessary if the vague stirrings toward immortality are to bring us to restful and satisfying communion with God.
peace resume soon talks tracks
We want the peace talks to resume on all tracks as soon as possible, Robin Cook
peace mind calling
Those of us who have been lucky enough to experience a calling in our work have a certain faith and peace of mind that it's exactly when we're supposed to be doing. Chip Conley
period playing
We started out real flat. Once we got that first period out of the way, we started playing a little better. Steve Salwei
periods dont-trust
Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period. Benjamin Walker
period unit
We bowled well as a unit which we have been doing for a period of time, Andrew Flintoff
period prolonged realistic
Vendors are going to have to be more realistic about prices. We are going to see a prolonged period of underperformance.
period short work
Like anything you do, it'll work for a short period of time. But he's so intelligent that he's going to keep working.
period september though
Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film. Timothy Bottoms
periods since younger
There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic. Kurt Angle
period personal time trying
Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth. Tim Finchem
periods theater deals
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal. Asghar Farhadi
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves Charles Spurgeon
remember lord divine
Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition. Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances. Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good.
remember divine conditions
Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.
remember-you remembers-you people
Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You must take people as they come. Remember, too that though you will generally know more about the condition than the patient, it is the patient who has the condition and this if nothing else bestows on him or her a kind of wisdom. You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
remember ifs
If you remember the ‘90s, you weren’t there. Al Jourgensen
remember moments
You dont remember days, you remember moments
remember
I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
remember let-me-go ifs
Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
remember forget
Not to remember 9/11, is to forget what brought it about. Cal Thomas
societies
Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
societies women
The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down. Isabel Allende
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.