Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.
In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it.
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.
I think that if a person doesn’t feel cynical then they’re out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization – you can’t just swallow it whole.
Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.
What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization.
The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization, therefore, begins with private property.
Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and of man’s human existence.
We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.
Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.
In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.