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Arnold Toynbee Quotations

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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
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.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
History is a vision of God?s creation on the move.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975
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.
English historian & historical philosopher
1889 - 1975

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