#liza

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#doomed #mankind #men #now #succeed

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#just #made #money #most #much

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#arts #background #civilization #contemporary #dark

Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth. ↗

— Evo Morales

#been #bolivia #brought #capitalist #disasters

Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#bad #broad #early #generalization #his

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die. ↗

— William Morris

#arts #civilization #competition #degradation #die

If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity. ↗

— Johann Most

#any #assume #centralization #communism #country

It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization. ↗

— Randall Terry

#civilization #gave #god #law #stability

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but also in the enormous creativity and humanity of our daily life in city and village. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#art #city #civilization #creativity #daily

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#love #love is #oneself #other #real