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“Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication but in the deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment , and increases the capacity for service .”

Want Real Self Remember Term Civilization Limits Capacity Increase Contentment Restraint Deliberate Restriction Indulgence Self Indulgence Real Happiness Multiplication

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Technological civilization... rests fundamentally on power-driven machinery which transcends the physical limits of its human directors, multiplying indefinitely the capacity for the production of goods. Science in all its branches - physics, chemistry, biology, and psychology - is the servant and upholder of this system”

Humans Psychology Civilization Directors Limits Capacity Productions Driven Physics Servant Branches Biology Goods Chemistry Technological Machinery Multiplying

Author:Charles A. Beard

“All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.”

Body Talent Civilization Limits Our Time Temperament

Book:The Reagan phenomenon, and other speeches on foreign policy

Source: The Reagan phenomenon, and other speeches on foreign policy

“Many atheistic books and blogs seethe with anger. Remarkably, the authors do not limit their anger to Christians. They seem most livid with God. I don't believe in leprechauns, but I haven't dedicated my life to battling them. I suppose if I believed that people's faith in leprechauns poisoned civilization, I might get angry with members of leprechaun churches. But there's one thing I'm quite sure I wouldn't do: I would not get angry with leprechauns. Why not? Because I can't get angry with someone I know doesn't exist.”

Source: If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil

“The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.”

Civilization Limits Europe Unity Traditional Nationalism Representing

Author:Irving Babbitt

“Experience teaches that for most people there is a limit beyond which their constitution cannot comply with the demands of civilization. All who wish to reach a higher standard than their constitution will allow, fall victims to neurosis. It would have been better for them if they could have remained less "perfect".”

People Ifs Has Beens Fall Wish Perfect Teach Higher Civilization Demand Limits Standards Constitution Victim Neurosis Higher Standards

Book:Sexuality and The Psychology of Love

Source: Sexuality and The Psychology of Love