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"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed."
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"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."
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"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."
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"The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."
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"Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind."
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"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."
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"The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more."
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"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."
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"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."
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"Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages."
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"Civilization could not exist without tremors of desire and without the counteracting, negation force of disciplined denial. Nor would the gyratory pulsations of a lively civilization exist devoid of the convulsive chemistry of union and repellency. We are born with a desire to be immortal. Cursed with the knowledge that we must die, people live their orthodox lives out by displaying reckless abandon as to the outcome of human life or nervously hounded by utter despondency nipping their heels. How we resolve this decidedly human complex of carrying out our daily lives while burden by our inescapable mortality determines our essential character. The collation of similar values adopted by our community determines who we are as a people."
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"You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life."
Life
"What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation."
Nothing
"Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea."
Power
"Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory."
Imagination
"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
Democracy
"The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth."
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"Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?"
History
"Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us."
Habit
"Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls."
Persistence
"Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows."
Man
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