Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.
Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.
Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.
The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations.
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.