“A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.” HumansLooksExpressionCivilizationFindingsEndeavorInwardAvenues Author:John L. Phillips
“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.” IfsLooksCivilizationInternals Author:Phylicia Rashad
“Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.” LooksTodayRoomsCivilizationMonkeysApesZoosAsylumsDynamiteInmates Author:Vance Havner
“Look, I am a Palestinian elected representative from Jericho. If a Palestinian wants to sell his fruit anywhere in the West Bank, he goes to the Israeli civil administration. If a Palestinian sick person wants to leave a hospital, he goes through the Israeli civil administration. Nobody can leave or enter my constituency without Israeli permission. Israel is, in effect, resuming the occupation.” IfsWantLooksPersonsEffectsCivilizationSickSellsWestFruitIsraelAdministrationHospitalsOccupationRepresentativesPalestinianPermissionIsraeliJerichoSick Person Author:Saeb Erekat
“If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before Earth even existed, then these are going to be towards the center of the galaxy. That is the place to look if you think there are ancient civilizations that have made beacons or some other way of attracting our attention.” IfsThinkingWayLooksLongMadeEarthStarsAttentionPlanetsCivilizationLong TimeAncientGalaxyLong Time AgoBeaconsAncient CivilizationsStars And Planets Author:Paul Davies
“This is a time when it is frightening to be alive, when it is hard to think of human beings as rational creatures. Everywhere we look we see brutality, stupidity, until it seems that there is nothing else to be seen but that--a descent into barbarism, everywhere, which we are unable to check. But I think that while it is true there is a general worsening, it is precisely because things are so frightening we become hypnotized, and do not notice--or if we notice, belittle--equally strong forces on the other side, the forces, in short, of reason, sanity and civilization.” IfsThinkingHumansLooksHardReasonSeemsStrongForceSidesHuman BeingsAliveCivilizationCreaturesStupidityChecksRationalSanityFrighteningBrutalityDescentBarbarismBelittle Book:Prisons We Choose to Live Inside Source: Prisons We Choose to Live Inside