Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

Science is a trigger of changes of civilization. Religion is the failsafe of science performance.

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.

Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth.

this observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: "Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.

No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.

The collective consciousness of mankind defines the existence and sustainability of this civilization.

Music and symbols, they're older than human race.Prehuman beings used them to teach early mankind.

It is a science fact that some animals do dream.It'll someday lead them to places better than zoo.

There’s just as much money to be made in the wreck of a civilization as in the upbuilding of one.

Nations rise and fall, flourish and decay, by what they believe in and by what their culture stands for.

I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints.