1,222 Quotes About Civilization

A Greek invention, democracy is highly overrated. For starters, it never worked in Greece. The first philosophers were fascists and, even today, 2,500 years later, the "cradle of Western civilization" remains an incompetent state. Roman emperors and a vengeful, authoritarian God are the true European success stories.

Masyarakat yang sebagian anggotanya mengeksploitasi sebagian anggota lainnya yang lemah dan tertindas tidak dapat disebut sebagai masyarakat Islam (Islamic society)

Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power.

The engineered built environments or domesticated landscapes of certain Amazonian peoples were as impressive as any Egyptian pyramid, Mesopotamian city, or Chinese terrace-irrigiation system. In the Amazon, the transformation was driven by social demands: social group formation, domestic routines, territoriality, local environmental knowledge, gifting, and competitive feasting.

Now that I have definitely begun to live I find myself more and more convinced that civilization with its trappings and artificialities is not so good as nature.

Nothing distresses the civilized person like unfettered nature. The Grand Canyon seen from behind the railing is indeed a splendid sight, but as soon as the desert reclaims your golf course that is another matter altogether.

After the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization.

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.