Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life.

The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.

For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way.

In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply.