Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

British - Historian | April 14, 1889 - October 22, 1975

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

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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.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

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The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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

Arnold J. Toynbee

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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.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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