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20 quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee

Somervell's abridgement of Toynbee's magnum opus Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH (/ˈtɔɪnbi/; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was a British historian, philosopher of history, research professor of International History at the London School of Economics and the University of London and author of numerous books. Toynbee in the 1918–1950 period was a leading specialist on international affairs. He is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History...
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The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and... →

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The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as... →

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Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

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

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

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A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

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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... →

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As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must... →

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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... →

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

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

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

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