"The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized."

-- Rachel Carson

#War Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Losing Quotes

“There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.”

Source : O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.621, Delphi Classics
“Anyone can make anyone else look bad if they really want to pull things apart enough.”
“The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.”
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“For all the advances in technology, science and communications, there are signs that we are failing in areas where it matters most: our personal relationships and society in general. The atomisation of society evidenced by the startling increase in recent decades of single person households and the identification of loneliness and isolation as one of our most pressing new social problems, should give us cause for concern.”
“Happiness always has an object... Depends on external things. Joy... Has no object. It seizes you for no apparent reason, it's like the sun, its burning is fueled by its own heart.”
“A democracy without faith is just a machine without power. Nothing can make it function except faith in itself, in the ordinary man and woman.”
“When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.”

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