Human Civilization Quotes

“In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of 'we have no other choice.' I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

“What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy

“The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy

“Roads remain the essential network of the non-virtual world. They are the infrastructure upon which almost all other infrastructure depends. They are the paths of human endeavor.”
― Ted Conover

“The human civilization has gone extremely so far; that in return, we have lost the line between stupidity and spirituality.”
― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

“Humanity's savageness is what makes it civilized. Technology, trade, computers, space travel. All are products of competition and conflict.”
― Adam Burch, Song of Edmon

“Every time there was conquest, it brought trade, new ideas, and inventions. They made civilization evolve to new heights. Humans soar on the wings of our violent nature. There's no other way.”
― Adam Burch, Song of Edmon

“In any war, except that for freedom from oppression, victory of any nation, is the defeat of all nations, because each war comes at the cost of lives, in the name of the same old tribal loyalty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty

“الإبقاء على الزيف القاتل جريمة بحق الإنسانية ما دام يضره بطريقتين: نشر الكراهية وانعدام التعايش الذي يتسبب بنشوب الحروب في أرجاء الأرض، وتجميد العقل بطريقة تعيق تقدم الحضارة الإنسانية.”
― جلجامش نبيل, Gilgamesh Nabeel, صراع الأقنعة

“Stop quarreling, once and for all, because once you stop quarreling, your children will stop quarreling, and then their children - and slowly the world will eventually turn into a real civilized, sentient and serene society. Your ancestors tore this whole world apart into pieces and now you are doing the same. Don't repeat their mistakes my friend and take control of your world - not your neighborhood, or your state or your country - but your world, because the whole world is your family. My Christianity is the best and your Islam is the worst - my America is the best and your Russia is the worst - my India is the best and your Pakistan is the worst - my Bulgaria is the best and your Turkey is the worst - my Britain is the best and your France is the worst - stop this 'mine and yours' business once and for all and start thinking as 'ours' - our America - our Russia - our Christianity - our Islam - our Britain - our France - our Bulgaria - our Turkey - all of it either belongs to all of us or to none of us. Stop thinking tribal and start thinking human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Fabric of Humanity

“What progress requires inexorably of human beings and of continents is that they should renounce their strangeness, that they should break with mystery; and somewhere along that road is inscribed inexorably the end of the last elephant. The cultivated lands must encroach upon the forests, and the roads will bite more and more deeply into the quietude of the great herds. There will be less and less room
for natural splendor. A pity.”
― Romain Gary, The Roots of Heaven

“Many ecophilosophers in the Western world have warned that Western civilization as a whole is on a fundamentally wrong track, racing toward a head-on collision with the limits of what our planet can tolerate.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

“Writing endures beyond celestial bodies, serving as the conduit for history, the foundation of science, and the enhancer of wisdom.”
― Ephantus Mwenda Njagi, The Girl From America

“Civilization is clearly not crucial to human life, as we have mostly been living without it for over a million years now – a few of us even happily at times.”
― George Hammond