Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom..

The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a great deal tow….

There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery..

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last.".

The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man..

The acceptance of homosexuality is the last step in the decline of Gentile civilization..

It should not surprise us that there must be other civilizations in our galaxy and throughout the entire universe..

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself..

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an ant….

The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triu….

Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter….

When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame….

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own..

There were centuries when civilization had no theater..

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the ca….

As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of….

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation..

The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands….

Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few..

Wise cultivated, genial conversation is the last flower of civilization, and the best result which life has to offer us,--a cup for gods, which has n….

Equal and united people can above all become a part of the civilization toward which mankind is moving. If we cannot be at the head of the column lea….