Author: Arnold J. Toynbee

Quotes

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

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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