Quote by Charles L. Lucas

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind.

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind.

Summary

This quote suggests that the development and progress of civilization is intrinsically linked to the cultivation of kindness among individuals. It implies that the key to a prosperous and harmonious society lies in the collective effort of its members to learn, practice, and embody kindness towards one another. As society evolves, individuals gradually discover the importance of kindness and its transformative power, leading to a more compassionate and empathetic civilization. Ultimately, this quote underscores the belief that kindness serves as a fundamental building block for a better world.

Topics

Civilization

By Charles L. Lucas

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

Rules of livingDon't worry, eat three square meals a day,say

Rules of livingDon't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational Quotes

By art he gladly found what he did seek, A full requital of

By art he gladly found what he did seek, A full requital of his striving pain. Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure: A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.

Anne Dudley Bradstreet, The Prol

Art

Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the co

Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death.

Death

Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and tre

Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have t

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.

Knowledge

Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is

Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid.

William M. Kelly

Computers

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness o

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Wisdom Happiness Change

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

George A. Moore

Home

What is most original in a man's nature is often that which

What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere.

Despair

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you p

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Persistence

A man of meditation is happy, not for an hour or a day, but

A man of meditation is happy, not for an hour or a day, but quite round the circle of all his years.

Thought