Civilization Quotes and Sayings

“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” – Will Durant

“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.” – Will Rogers

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi

“No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.” – William Inge

“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.” – Barbara Tuchman

“Education is the transmission of civilization.” – Ariel Durant

“There is as yet no civilized society, but only a society in the process of becoming civilized. There is as yet no civilized nation, but only nations in the process of becoming civilized. From this standpoint, we can now speak of a collective task of humankind. The task of humanity is to build a genuine civilization.” – Felix Adler

“The true civilization is where every man gives to every other man every right he claims for himself.” – Robert Ingersoll

“I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.” – Lin Yutang

“Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.” – Frank Herbert

“Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.” – H.L. Mencken

“Civilization depends on morality.” – Ralph Emerson