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Civilizations Quotes

We civilizations now know ourselves mortal Picture Quote #1

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder Picture Quote #1

In a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own? Picture Quote #1

There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock Picture Quote #1

We others, civilizations, we know now that we are mortal Picture Quote #1

Art is the signature of civilizations Picture Quote #1

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Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other Picture Quote #1

Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts Picture Quote #1

Civilizations proceed from the heart rather than from the head Picture Quote #1

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished Picture Quote #1

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war Picture Quote #1

We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls Picture Quote #1

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Over all civilizations there hovers the shadow of Ecclesiastes, with his admonition, How dieth the wise man? - As the fool Picture Quote #1

Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred Picture Quote #1

Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. and maybe technology always wins Picture Quote #1

By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed Picture Quote #1

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations Picture Quote #1

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished Picture Quote #1

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Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them Picture Quote #1

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man’s greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked Picture Quote #1

I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited Picture Quote #1

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression Picture Quote #1

From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all Picture Quote #1

If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure Picture Quote #1

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Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time Picture Quote #1

Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more seasons, no more civilizations, no more thought, no more humanity, no more life even; and impotent darkness would reign forever. Poets and artists together determine the features of their age, and the future meekly conforms to their edit Picture Quote #1

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed Picture Quote #1

We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are Picture Quote #1

In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he has never learned very well how to live with himself. The values he has created have been predominantly materialistic; his spiritual values have lagged far behind. He has demonstrated little spiritual genius and has made little progress toward the realization of human brotherhood. In the contemporary atomic age, this could prove man’s fatal weakness Picture Quote #1

By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death Picture Quote #1

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We civilizations now know ourselves mortal (Civilizations Quotes) Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder (Civilizations Quotes) In a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own? (Civilizations Quotes) There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock (Civilizations Quotes) We others, civilizations, we know now that we are mortal (Civilizations Quotes) Art is the signature of civilizations (Civilizations Quotes) Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other (Civilizations Quotes) Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts (Civilizations Quotes) Civilizations proceed from the heart rather than from the head (Civilizations Quotes) We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished (Civilizations Quotes) All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war (Civilizations Quotes) We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls (Civilizations Quotes) Over all civilizations there hovers the shadow of Ecclesiastes, with his admonition, How dieth the wise man? - As the fool (Civilizations Quotes) Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred (Civilizations Quotes) Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. and maybe technology always wins (Civilizations Quotes) By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed (Civilizations Quotes) It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations (Civilizations Quotes) Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished (Civilizations Quotes) Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them (Civilizations Quotes) Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man’s greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked (Civilizations Quotes) I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited (Civilizations Quotes) Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression (Civilizations Quotes) From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all (Civilizations Quotes) If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure (Civilizations Quotes) Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time (Civilizations Quotes) Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more seasons, no more civilizations, no more thought, no more humanity, no more life even; and impotent darkness would reign forever. Poets and artists together determine the features of their age, and the future meekly conforms to their edit (Civilizations Quotes) Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed (Civilizations Quotes) We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are (Civilizations Quotes) In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he has never learned very well how to live with himself. The values he has created have been predominantly materialistic; his spiritual values have lagged far behind. He has demonstrated little spiritual genius and has made little progress toward the realization of human brotherhood. In the contemporary atomic age, this could prove man’s fatal weakness (Civilizations Quotes) By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death (Civilizations Quotes)

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