The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
More from Arnold Joseph Toynbee
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
Permalink to quote #23 There is a kind of intellectual provincialism in the dogma that 'life is just one damned thing after another.' Human affairs do not become intelligible until t…
Permalink to quote #25 The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
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