Author: Arnold J. Toynbee

Quotes

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

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