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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization mind needs
Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind. David Wallace
civilization giving innovation
Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this... say so! David Brin
civilization president faults
If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization. David Brooks
civilization enemy liberty
Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. August Bebel
civilization people enemy
Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have always fraternally united to exploit the people.
luxury waiting silence
For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us. Audre Lorde
luxury poetry-is
Poetry is not a luxury.
luxury existence poetry-is
For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
luxury throwing
We accomplished a lot. That's the luxury of throwing on the side. You can get things done. Mike Maddux
luxury privilege free-will
The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it. Bertrand Russell
luxury people world
When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it! Agnetha Faltskog
luxury tea delicacy
Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury. Charles Lamb
luxury matter world
Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world. Carolina Herrera
luxury income should
Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly. Calvin Trillin
selfishness never-forget forget
Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins. Bill Walton
selfishness luxurious
Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends. [Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.] Juvenal
selfishness
Selfishness has never been admired. C. S. Lewis
selfishness degrees bigs
Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love. Aristotle
selfishness today serious
Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today Dalai Lama
selfishness slippery-slope firsts
Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos. Anne Campbell
selfishness continuity day-to-day
I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me. Albert Camus
selfishness messages want
One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. Susan Sontag
selfishness coward causes
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice. Swami Vivekananda