"I think we have to make our own rules. I don't think we should live our lives in relationships based off of old traditions that don't suit our world any longer."

"The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work."

"There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure"

"Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships... the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace."

"Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace"

"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity."

“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization.”

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.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

“Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy.” 

“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.” 

The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts.

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.