“Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake.” WayLife IsCivilizationStakesGrandchildren Author:Al Gore
“The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there to overcome distances. Culture is the exception. Music, art, and all of the different cultural expressions are not going in that direction. They're not about comfort; they're about understanding each other.” WayArtDifferentReasonLife IsCultureHouseUnderstandingCarExpressionColdComfortCivilizationProtectComfortableRainOvercomingDistanceHeatExceptionUnderstanding Each Other Author:Pipilotti Rist
“Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because he's the giver of life. And assassination stands against democracy, against civilization, against a civilized life of people. Alas, the situation in Lebanon is very chaotic and many innocent people lost their lives because they have a state within a state, an army within an army and the respect for life is not high enough.” PeopleStatesEnoughLife IsLostSituationLordDemocracyColdTerribleCivilizationArmyPunishmentInnocentCivilizedAlasGiverChaoticAssassinationCapital PunishmentLebanon Author:Shimon Peres
“The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm indubitably derives from a carelessness about the efficient aspects of life.” MeanTwoLife IsSufferingEnemyCivilizationEssentialsAspectSouthMortalsMannersCodeCharmTwo ThingsNativeSouthernEfficientEfficiencyBishopsCuisineAspects Of LifeCarelessnessMortal Enemies Author:Richard M. Weaver
“People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber, tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which man must live, in spite of his surface veneer of civilization, is the law of the jungle. The "fittest" are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning, and superior ruthlessness.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansWellsMayPhilosophyLawPoliticalLife IsForceLeaderStruggleHuman NatureCivilizationToughSurfaceSelfishSuperiorsGrantedSpiteRealisticBusinessmanJungleCunningInfluentialPolitical LeadersCaliberRuthlessnessVeneerLife Is A Struggle Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!” DoeLife IsHateFightingWinningBloodCivilizationHypocrisyStrongestCover UpsPretty Words Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Life on earth is hard. Competition for the necessities of life is fierce. How ridiculous to believe that the law of harsh survival would not be true elsewhere, or that it would be negated by the progress of technology in an advanced civilization.” BelieveHardWould BeEarthLawLife IsTechnologyProgressCivilizationSurvivalCompetitionRidiculousBeing TrueElsewhereFierceHarshAdvanced Civilization Book:The Forge of God Source: The Forge of God
“A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization.” HumansFacesLife IsIndividualLibertyFantasyRightsDutyCivilizationSpeciesPursuitDefinedHuman LifeMeaninglessPursuit Of HappinessIndividual RightsRelationships With OthersLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessMeaningless Life Book:Blade of Tyshalle Source: Blade of Tyshalle