Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A life which does not go into action is a failure.”

“I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.”

“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.”

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

“I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.”

“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.”

“The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.”

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

“The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.”

“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.”