“Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.” GivingArtPhilosophyHistoryComfortCivilization Book:The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde
“Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness. ...It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.” PeopleWorldGivingMeanLawOrderPolicyVictoryCivilizationCivilizedRighteousnessForeign PolicyExpansion Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Christ did not come to civilize. He came to save. Civilization is not the solution; it does not destroy the works of the devil. All civilization aims at world improvement, at the gradual elimination of the curse; it is a process of evolution. It is like a man who is suffering from a terrible disease, and the physician who comes to help him gives him a salve to apply. He treats the skin symptoms but the source of the disease he never considers and never touches. Such is a boasted and progressive civilization. It is a delusion.” MenWorldGivingDoeHelpingChristianSufferingProcessChristSourceEvolutionTerribleCivilizationDiseaseSolutionsDevilSkinsTreatsAimImprovementCurseDelusionProgressivePhysiciansSymptomsElimination Author:Arno C. Gaebelein
“Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!” GivingBelieveHeavenPoorMaterialsCivilizationEternalGive MeBreadLuxuryBlissMaterialism Author:Bill Vaughan