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civilization people relaxation
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Bertrand Russell
civilization answers vex
I have tried to answer the question which sent me to Samoa: Are the disturbances which vex our adolescents due to the nature of adolescence itself or to the civilization? Under different conditions does adolescence present a different picture? Margaret Mead
civilization environmental cocoons
In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. Max Lerner
civilization firsts niche
Far from being the smartest possible biological species, we are probably better thought of as the stupidest possible biological species capable of starting a technological civilization - a niche we filled because we got there first, not because we are in any sense optimally adapted to it. Nick Bostrom
civilization west hunger
Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff! Marjane Satrapi
civilization government culture
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Oscar Wilde
civilization giving comfort
Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.
civilization progress gone
Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make them worthless, or transform our sins into elements of a new civilization, more marvelous and more splendid than any that has gone before.
civilization people benefits
The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will... return the benefit and reciprocate. Michael Nesmith
neurosis sanity permanent
Sanity is permanent, neurosis is temporary. Chogyam Trungpa