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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind read more
Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.