"We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting."

Civilization, Animals, Hunting, Sea

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"We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting."

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"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"It ain't technology that enhances the civilization..but the way mankind perceives nature from all standpoints."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Old people have wisdom but not energy; young people have energy but not wisdom; energy and wisdom must be in the same body to create a much better civilisation! To do this, we will either give energy to the old or we will give wisdom to the young and for now the latter seems a more plausible action!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Civilization, Culture, Youth

"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Civilization, Rights, Will

"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Civilization, Grace, Present, Smile

"Education is not the amount of information that is pushed into the brain and causes havoc there, undigested all through a lifetime. Education must be a symposium of life-building, character- making and assimilation of ideas in the pursuit of building a more harmonious, peaceful and truly civilized world."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Civilization, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Education

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Civilization, Idea, Thought, Culture

"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Civilization, Truth, Reason, Wisdom, Power

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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

Bias

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

Happiness

"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."

Survival

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

Work

"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."

Collaboration

"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."

Animals

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."

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"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

"It ain't technology that enhances the civilization..but the way mankind perceives nature from all standpoints."

"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."

"Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down."

"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."

"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."

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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

"The sea is the universal sewer."

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."

"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."

"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."