1,222 Quotes About Civilization

Today's sacrifice is tomorrow's civilization.

The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization.

Without sacrifice there is no civilization.

[N]othing about a book is so unmistakable and so irreplaceable as the stamp of the cultured mind. I don't care what the story is about or what may be the momentary craze for books that appear to have been hammered out by the village blacksmith in a state of intoxication; the minute you get the easy touch of the real craftsman with centuries of civilisation behind him, you get literature.

A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.

Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life...

There is no greater jihad than to help the helpless - there is no greater crusade than to bring hope to the hopeless - there is no greater advancement than to lift the fallen - there is no greater humanity than to burn oneself for others to have warmth.