Man, not the earth, makes civilization.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity.

Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilised.

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even do it well.

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.

The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history.

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe.

Love yourself as much you can before loving others. If you don't have something, you can't give it to anyone.

Until you feel that you achieved, you are a Endless Achiever

Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.

Everything you want in life has teeth.

I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

When children are immunized, it's really the beginning of a new day for them.