Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold Joseph Toynbee CHwas 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth14 April 1889
Arnold J. Toynbee quotes about
too-much failing rely
Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.
lying goal sake
The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
men architecture essays
Angkor is perhaps the greatest of Man's essays in rectangular architecture that has yet been brought to life.
children father science
Our western science is a child of moral virtues; and it must now become the father of further moral virtues if its extraordinary material triumphs in our time are not to bring human history to an abrupt, unpleasant and discreditable end.
cutting membership common-experience
The penalty of affluence is that it cuts one off from the common lot, common experience, and common fellowship. In a sense it outlaws one automatically from one's birthright of membership in the great human family.
freedom power political
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
thinking race political
The twentieth century will be chiefly remembered by future generations not as an era of political conflicts or technical inventions, but as an age in which human society dared to think of the welfare of the whole human race as a practical objective.
freedom believe past
We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.
beach lying taken
The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
religion belief equations
The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.
essence fields action
No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.
moving history vision
History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
gratitude international
There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.
animal rabbits population
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.