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"After the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization."
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"The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more."
"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."
"A civilized society is formed when every individual in that society are bound to obey the rules and regulation which is for the benefit of their own society."
"Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark."
"Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization."
"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed."
"The collective consciousness of mankind defines the existence and sustainability of this civilization."
"It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages."
"The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation."
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"He had sometimes wondered if the real reason why men sought danger was that only thus could they find the companionship and solidarity which they unconsciously craved."
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."
"Let us say that you might have become a telepathic cancer, a malignant mentality which in its inevitable dissolution would have poisoned other and greater minds."
"Western man had relearned-what the rest of the world had never forgotten-that there was nothing sinful in leisure as long as it did not degenerate into mere sloth."
"Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."
"New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!"
"Imagine that every man's mind is an island, surrounded by ocean. Each seems isolated, yet in reality all are linked by the bedrock from which they spring. If the ocean were to vanish, that would be the end of the islands. They would all be part of one continent, but the individuality would have gone."
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