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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. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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
together tools use
Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work. Charles Caleb Colton
together ships speed
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port Charles Spurgeon
together world letters
...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters. Alan Watts
together buffets throwing
Stop throwing us all together like some sort of Puerto Ricaminican Tex-Mex buffet. Al Madrigal
together too-much sides
When you put relative and absolute truth together and they become one unit, it becomes possible to make things workable. You are not too much on the side of absolute truth, or you would become too theoretical. You are not too much on the side of relative truth, or you would become too precise. When you put them together, you realize that there is no problem. Chogyam Trungpa
together pieces narrative
When I worked with Woody Allen, I only got the parts of the script that I was in. I was able to piece together the narrative from that, but I remember being quite excited to watch the movie - the movie that I was in but didn't know what happened in, like, 65 percent of. Chiwetel Ejiofor
together energy making-changes
We are one energy. Together we can make a change. David Guetta
together states anthropology
Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist. David Graeber
together grandson
And then there's my Grandson: He's certainly got the music together, there's just no question about it. Cab Calloway
heroic life poems writers-and-writing
Let those who would write heroic poems make their life an heroic poem. John Milton
heroic languages word
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. Eugene Debs
heroic
I wasn't heroic because I was never in danger. Nicholas Winton
heroic accommodations situation
You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic. Alan Furst
heroic admire englishmen
Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure Anne Fadiman
heroic movies reason whereas
I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary. Oscar Isaac
heroic lay life response situation training
The lay person doesn't have that training so their response to a life-threatening situation isn't always the same or as heroic as you would like it to be. Jeff Justice
heroic hours trumpets
The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet. Benjamin Cardozo
heroic reaching struggle
reaching the end of a long and heroic struggle. Nelson Mandela