1,222 Quotes About Civilization

You live so long as you move and if that motion is forward then you the soul turn more human and less animal, whereas if the motion is backward, then you turn more animal and less human.

What is the point of being humans, if our actions scream with more bestiality than humanity!

Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes.

Thou art civilization.

A norm doesn't have to be logical to exist in a civilized society, it just has to be non-prejudicial.

When the human is ready, civilization will appear.

A world where you cannot even speak to another person without worrying about what they are going to think of you, has not advanced much from the days when white people used to own slaves.

The fundamental requirement of a civilized life is the conquest of the world by individual accountability.

The reality we live in is the construct of our ancestors, and the reality our children will live in, will be the construct of our actions.