„The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately“

— James Baldwin
„No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.“
— Will Durant
„Men created civilization only to impress their girl friends“
— Orson Welles
„Because the god who created this universe, if it was created by a god, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish. We have to spend our life on our knees thanking him? What kind of god would do that?“
— Stephen Fry
„You and I are created for transcendence, laughter, caring. God deliberately did not make the world perfect, for God is looking for you and me to be fellow workers with God.“
— Desmond Tutu
„And one of the rules of good civil society I believe is that you’re respectful of the people who disagree with you. And that's part of what makes civil society work. If you can have civil disagreements, and you can listen to each other and not just shout, that's what creates an environment that leads to progress over the long term.“
— Barack Obama