Civilized Quotes

Discover the best quotes about Civilized. This collection showcases wisdom and insights on Civilized from various authors and personalities.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
It is not the amount of money or natural resources a nation has that determines how civilized it would be.
Religious fundamentalism advocates homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, polygamy and many other primitive evils. Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your dearly beloved is a sin! Can you imagine, somebody telling you, women are inferior to men, and are meant only serve the men! Can you imagine, somebody telling you, a man can have multiple wives, and yet be deemed civilized! Here that somebody is a fundamentalist – a theoretical pest from the stone-age, who somehow managed to survive even amidst all the rise of reasoning and intellect. Such a creature with no modern mental faculty whatsoever, knows nothing beyond the words of a book, written hundreds or thousands of years ago, when ignorance was the default mode of thinking in the society. It does not only believe every single word of a book to be literally true, but puts all its efforts to convince others to believe the same. This way, it would be an understatement to say, such is a worthless creature. In reality, such a creature can cause a catastrophic contagion in a society, especially if that society is already going through socio-political turmoil.
When two people fall in love, they not only give up their genuine authority over their own lives, but also, they become mutual authorities of the collective life that they build together.
A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves.
Cheating is an innate evolutionarily programmed desire, especially in men, but it is not a desire that cannot be controlled.
Two married partners do not just live with each other, they live in each other, neurologically speaking.
A healthy marriage acts as the vessel of wellbeing and stability for both partners as well as the children.
A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship.
Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes.
The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans.
Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them.