“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.” FirstsPersonsWarPeaceRocksCivilizationFirst TimeAngryCastsAnti WarAntiwarModerationAngry Person Author:Sigmund Freud
“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” InspirationalFirstsHumansCivilizationStonesAngerInsultFoundersInsultingPsychoanalysisComeback Author:Sigmund Freud
“The first requisite of civilization, therefore, is that of justice — that is, the assurance that a law once made will not be broken in favour of an individual. This implies nothing as to the ethical value of such a law.” FirstsJusticeCivilization Author:Sigmund Freud
“In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.” FirstsUniverseProcessCasesEvolutionCivilizationHighestFirst TimeCarrieGlobesAdventAscent Author:James Henry Breasted
“Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific.” FirstsCivilizationPacific Author:Jose Rizal
“Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated pretty clearly that this value cannot compel a civilization-wide shift toward sustainable behavior and enterprise when stacked up against the urgent economic and social needs of 7 billion people, most of whom are struggling to get out of poverty.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsBelieveStillsValuesSocialPovertyStruggleEconomicCenturyMovementCivilizationBehaviorEnvironmentalWideBillionsEnterpriseConservationUrgentIntrinsic Value Author:Edward Norton