Arnold J. Toynbee

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

failure

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 shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

Arnold J. Toynbee

freedom

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

god

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

history

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

history

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 now.

Arnold J. Toynbee

history

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 second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Arnold J. Toynbee

imagination

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

intelligence

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 shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

Arnold J. Toynbee

nature

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

power

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