116 Quotes About Civilized

Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.

Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.

Two married partners do not just live with each other, they live in each other, neurologically speaking.

When two people fall in love, they not only give up their genuine authority over their own lives, but also, they become mutual authorities of the collective life that they build together.

Cheating is an innate evolutionarily programmed desire, especially in men, but it is not a desire that cannot be controlled.

A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship.

A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves.

Civilization is much more than the survival of the fittest and the unrelenting culling of the weakest members. Civilized people share a value system that extends far beyond doing whatever it takes to survive. Mere barbarians might be devoted to a life of exploitation. In contrast, civilized people value nature and care for the most vulnerable members of their kind.

We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our food to companies whose owners and employees make a living by exploiting our busyness or laziness and our innate hunger to continue living.