"Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism."
"We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us."
"Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body."
- Ancient Chinese Proverb
"Singapore, Switzerland, Austria, and many of the European countries that we all admire today, don’t have one tenth of the natural resources that African countries have. Yet, because of the principles ..."
- Sunday Adelaja
"As you and I take Personal Responsibility for mending the things that are out of order in our community and nation in general, we would surely witness a transformed, developed and civilized society."
"At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are endeavoring to make reputations among the churches by deliverin..."
- Robert G. Ingersoll
"What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!"
- Abhijit Naskar
"If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedonia..."
- Alexander the Great
"If a country successfully translate the principles of truth and honesty into their social life, social issues and problems are resolved in a civilized manner."