Civilizing Quotes

“Modern man has successfully razed the imaginative landscapes of primal peoples the whole world over. Kill the gods first, slaughter the sacred animals, rewrite the mythologies, and build roads through the holy places. Do all this and watch the people decline. Without souls, they soon die, leaving dead shells, zombie cultures, shambling aimlessly towards oblivion.”
― Grant Morrison, Doom Patrol, Vol. 6: Planet Love

“In addition to his other descriptions, Boaz is also a farmer. Agriculture was the 1st step toward civilizing a man. No wonder Yahweh made Adam a farmer before He made Adam a husband. (compare Ge 2:15 to Ge 2:18)
Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: a woman’s guide to husband material, pg 45”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material

“His jutting cheekbones and his eyes suggested a Mongol ancestry - one of our conquerors! But the open, tremulous lips had lost their hardness: fear civilizes...”
― Romain Gary, Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable

“Your teacher's no good. He doesn't know how to teach."

César bit his lower lip to hide a smile. He mustn't provoke them. But they looked pretty silly taking seriously their role of savages wanting to be civilized.”
― Rosario Castellanos, Balún Canán