Civilization Quotes

"Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it." "A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence." "The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization." "If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships, the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace." "Suffering is civilization" "The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself" "We are morphing so fast that our ability to invent new things outpaces the rate we can civilize them." "The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization." "A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world" "Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock." "The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power" "History began when humans invented gods, and will end when humans become gods" "Throughout history, population size and innovation levels are linked"