Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old.
Never before in human history has more information been available to more people. But at the same time, never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
Humanity, you never had it to begin with.
Life is a predicament which precedes death.
You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
'Never' is too much of a word. Nothing lasts forever.