Quotes about civilization
civilization culture standards
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization. Ludwig von Mises
civilization principles alternatives
The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.
civilization east essentials
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.
civilization theory decline
My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline.
civilization division-of-labor development
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under the division of labor is more productive than when performed in isolation.
civilization peaceful operations
Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.
civilization would-be economy
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
civilization movement merit
It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention has, for the moment, saved European civilization. The merit that Fascism has thereby won for itself will live on eternally in history.
civilization skills achievement
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. E. F. Schumacher
civilization humane humans ideal instead lacks lost men occupied realize seek sight solely thoughts
Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize that and seek to find a new spirit. We have lost the sight of this ideal because we are solely occupied with thoughts of men instead of remembering th Albert Schweitzer
civilization device
LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
civilization world deeds
A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in the nostrils of the entire world were brought to judgment. Albert Camus
civilization fruit bases
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it. Alexander Crummell
civilization might naive
American civilization, from its beginnings, had combined a dogmatic confidence in the future with a naive puzzlement over what the future might bring. Daniel J. Boorstin
civilization knowing long
So as long as you can forget your body you are happy and the moment you begin to be aware of your body, you are wretched. So if civilization is any good, it has to help us forget our bodies, and then time passes happily without our knowing it. Help us get rid of our bodies altogether. D. H. Lawrence
civilization oneness age
The spirit of the place is a strange thing. Our mechanical age tries to override it. But it does not succeed. In the end the strange, sinister spirit of the place, so diverse and adverse in differing places, will smash our mechanical oneness into smithereens.
civilization giving spending
Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.
civilization vices connections
No more astounding relic of the subjection of women survives in western civilization than the status of the prostitute.... In connection with what other illegal vice is the seller alone penalized, and not the buyer? Crystal Eastman
civilization trials scope
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial. Clarence Darrow
civilization mind literature
Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind. E. M. Forster
civilization age groups
Treating an age group as a demographic requires coming up with something that's common to every single one of them. Right?... So it's reductionist in that it reduces an entire segment of civilization down to one person with one habit. Douglas Rushkoff
civilization two omission
In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch-Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover. Douglas Adams
civilization space needs
Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw them, and I knew what I had to do." The sign read: "Hold stick near center of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion." "It seemed to me," said Wonko the Sane, "that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.
civilization lunch survival
The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?
civilization needs use
It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.
civilization comeback insult
Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not. Daniel Pipes
civilization errors trials
Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization. Daniel Quinn
civilization looks unions
If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse. Cory Booker
civilization barbarism tendencies
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. David Hare
civilization survival strategy
When the survival strategy of a civilization is invalidated, in all of human history none have ever turned back from the brink. Daniel Suarez
civilization agriculture founders
The farmers are the founders of civilization. Daniel Webster
civilization roots foundation
Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization. Dinesh D'Souza
civilization class two
Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations. Andrew Sarris