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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing i

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum. – Vance Havner

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You havent lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. – Vance Havner

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Death
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. – Vance Havner

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Home
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner

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Goals
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We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. – Syrus

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Civilization

Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. – Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva

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Civilization

Civilization is hideously fragile… there’s not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. – C.P. Snow

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Civilization

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough. – Frank Crane

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

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