Ethics Changing Over Time Quotes & Sayings

A singular confusion exists about the notions of 'culture' and 'civilization'.
Culture began with the 'prologue in heaven.' With its religion, art, ethics, and philosophy, it will always be dealing with man's relation to that heaven from whence he came. Everything within culture means a confirmation or a rejection, a doubt or a reminiscence of the heavenly origin of man. Culture is characterized by this enigma and goes on through all time with the steady striving to solve it.
On the other hand, civilization is a continuation of the zoological, one-dimensional life, the material exchange between man and nature. This aspect of life differs from other animals' lives, but only in its degree, level, and organization. Here, one does not find man embarrassed by evangelical, Hamletian, or Karamasovian problems. The anonymous member of society functions here only by adopting the goods nature and changing the world by his work according to his needs. — Alija Izetbegovic

Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it may bore you, but nothing will replace it, and once mastered it will support you like a rock. — B. J. Chute

The lightning girl is easier to read than the pages of a children's book. — Victoria Aveyard

I'm an artist. There are a lot of people in the business who aren't. It's like they've got a shoe repair shop. — Lyle Tuttle

If it was true. This case was jammed with lies, couldn't grab hold of it without getting a handful. — Tana French

Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level. — Rashida Jones

Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn't possess is worthless. — Bernard Cornwell

In indigenous cultures including those of Native Americans, menstruation is viewed a time of positive power, rather than evidence of sin and negative power, or as a feminine inconvenience. — Joan Borysenko

The Deering General Store? Look at it. That's not a place to get a battery. That's a place to lose your wallet. Or your virginity. — Maggie Stiefvater

It doesn't matter what it is that leaves a hole inside you. It just matters that it's there. — Jodi Picoult

Better to love for no reason than have reasons not to love. — Marty Rubin

Many atheists might proudly proclaim that our lives have no ultimate meaning, yet the business of finding significance in one's life is perhaps the most important part of being human. When we drift into a life without meaning, we soon become a pack of symptoms and pathologies; and without any feeling of significance, many choose to end their lives altogether. — Derren Brown

I kind of like that romantic image of being in a rocker with my family gathered around, all these generations in one room, listening intently to my stories. — Charlie Sheen

Cleverness is a disease. — Rumer Godden