More from Arnold Joseph Toynbee

  1. Civilization is a movement, not a condition; it is a voyage, not a harbor.
  2. History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
  3. As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. W…
  4. I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.
  5. Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by stor…
  6. I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.
  7. Angkor is not orchestral; it is monumental. It is an epic poem which makes its effect, like the Odyssey and like Paradise Lost, by the gran…
  8. I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book.

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