Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Quote by Tennessee Williams

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Learning Quotes

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark...

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark...

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so...

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so...

And besides, when you love somebody, you mustn't listen to what they say. They say...

And besides, when you love somebody, you mustn't listen to what they say. They say...

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

Luck is believing you're lucky.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad...

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad...

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves