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Civilizations Quotes

Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery Picture Quote #1

Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it... psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct action on the family. It involves a psychological adaptation of family life to military or industrial methods, supervision of family life, and training family life for military or industrial service. Technique can leave nothing untouched in a civilization. Everything is its concern. Technique, which is destroying all other civilizations, is more than a simple mechanism: it’s a whole civilization in itself Picture Quote #1

We have to learn to deal with this situation and prepare for contact. Studying the behavior pattern of the phenomenon, I came to the conclusion that they are neither friend nor foe, but study our planet and civilization from a mainly scientific perspective. They are as curious to learn more about us, as we would love to study other human and humanoid civilizations Picture Quote #1

Statistically it’s a certainty there are hugely advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms out there. I believe they’re so advanced they’re even doing interstellar travel. I believe it’s possible they even came here Picture Quote #1

The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage Picture Quote #1

This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were all as sure as we are today of having founded the first eternal civilization. We today differ from them in having our western civilization spread to embrace the entire planet, leaving no room on any continent for any other culture to take over if we fail Picture Quote #1

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All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life Picture Quote #1

And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins Picture Quote #1

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets Picture Quote #1

What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude the principal risk to the earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about? Picture Quote #1

The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind Picture Quote #1

Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished: many civilizations have climbed to power and glory on the backs of slaves. In other times slaves have dwindled in number and economic importance. But never has slavery disappeared Picture Quote #1

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Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it Picture Quote #1

All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged by the spilling of blood Picture Quote #1

If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society; if it is not to be restored, still we ought to understand conservative ideas so that we may rake from the ashes what scorched fragments of civilizations escape the conflagration of unchecked will and appetite Picture Quote #1

Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe Picture Quote #1

In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minimal knowledge of physics, astrophysics, and perhaps mathematics, brings to light certain patterns that make these subjects easier to understand. It is striking to see the extreme similarity between these scientific propositions and the forms that recur in all times, places and civilizations Picture Quote #1

It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour Picture Quote #1

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Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They’re remembered by the arts Picture Quote #1

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what’s outside or because of something internal? It’s always internal. It is Picture Quote #1

We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of their abuses of power Picture Quote #1

Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve Picture Quote #1

I’m sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity Picture Quote #1

In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it Picture Quote #1

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So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean Picture Quote #1

I don’t actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized Picture Quote #1

Who are we to say what’s right for civilizations that were already thousands of years old when our own nation came into being? Picture Quote #1

To travel is to discover that everybody is wrong. The philosophies, the civilizations which seem, at a distance, so superior to those current at home, all prove on a close inspection to be in their own way just as hopelessly imperfect Picture Quote #1

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person Picture Quote #1

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part Picture Quote #1

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Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery (Civilizations Quotes) Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it... psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct action on the family. It involves a psychological adaptation of family life to military or industrial methods, supervision of family life, and training family life for military or industrial service. Technique can leave nothing untouched in a civilization. Everything is its concern. Technique, which is destroying all other civilizations, is more than a simple mechanism: it’s a whole civilization in itself (Civilizations Quotes) We have to learn to deal with this situation and prepare for contact. Studying the behavior pattern of the phenomenon, I came to the conclusion that they are neither friend nor foe, but study our planet and civilization from a mainly scientific perspective. They are as curious to learn more about us, as we would love to study other human and humanoid civilizations (Civilizations Quotes) Statistically it’s a certainty there are hugely advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms out there. I believe they’re so advanced they’re even doing interstellar travel. I believe it’s possible they even came here (Civilizations Quotes) The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage (Civilizations Quotes) This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were all as sure as we are today of having founded the first eternal civilization. We today differ from them in having our western civilization spread to embrace the entire planet, leaving no room on any continent for any other culture to take over if we fail (Civilizations Quotes) All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life (Civilizations Quotes) And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins (Civilizations Quotes) In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets (Civilizations Quotes) What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude the principal risk to the earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about? (Civilizations Quotes) The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind (Civilizations Quotes) Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished: many civilizations have climbed to power and glory on the backs of slaves. In other times slaves have dwindled in number and economic importance. But never has slavery disappeared (Civilizations Quotes) Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it (Civilizations Quotes) All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged by the spilling of blood (Civilizations Quotes) If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society; if it is not to be restored, still we ought to understand conservative ideas so that we may rake from the ashes what scorched fragments of civilizations escape the conflagration of unchecked will and appetite (Civilizations Quotes) Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe (Civilizations Quotes) In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minimal knowledge of physics, astrophysics, and perhaps mathematics, brings to light certain patterns that make these subjects easier to understand. It is striking to see the extreme similarity between these scientific propositions and the forms that recur in all times, places and civilizations (Civilizations Quotes) It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour (Civilizations Quotes) Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They’re remembered by the arts (Civilizations Quotes) Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what’s outside or because of something internal? It’s always internal. It is (Civilizations Quotes) We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of their abuses of power (Civilizations Quotes) Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve (Civilizations Quotes) I’m sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity (Civilizations Quotes) In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it (Civilizations Quotes) So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean (Civilizations Quotes) I don’t actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized (Civilizations Quotes) Who are we to say what’s right for civilizations that were already thousands of years old when our own nation came into being? (Civilizations Quotes) To travel is to discover that everybody is wrong. The philosophies, the civilizations which seem, at a distance, so superior to those current at home, all prove on a close inspection to be in their own way just as hopelessly imperfect (Civilizations Quotes) One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person (Civilizations Quotes) We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part (Civilizations Quotes)

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