Memorable Quotes and quotations from Arnold ToynbeeArnold Toynbee English historian & historical philosopher (1889 - 1975)Arnold Toynbee - - Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. Arnold Toynbee - - America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee - - History is a vision of God?s creation on the move. Arnold Toynbee - - The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. Arnold Toynbee - - It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. Arnold Toynbee - - Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. Arnold Toynbee - - America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee - - To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. Arnold Toynbee - - Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. Arnold Toynbee - - We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. |
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