One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
~ Sam Harris
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
~ Thomas Babington Macaulay
Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related.
~ Marianne Williamson
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.
~ Chen Guangcheng
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
~ Timothy Leary
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
~ Harriet Martineau
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
~ Charles Lindbergh
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
~ Will Durant
