#civilization

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. ↗

— George Orwell

#evil #evolve #good #good and evil #heaven

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#beginning #berlin #came #circumstances #civilization

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

#continually #force #increasing #least #line

Morocco as it is is a very fine place spoiled by civilization. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#fine #morocco #place #spoiled #very

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#civil #civil war #civilization #dangerous #decency

A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. ↗

— Charles Marion Russell

#civilization #destroys #pioneer #things

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#civilization #men #provided #required #them

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#centuries #civilization #course #customs #difficult

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles. ↗

— Abdus Salam

#cycles #gone #history #like #respect