Arnold Toynbee Quotes

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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. - Arnold Toynbee quote.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
— Arnold Toynbee

change civilization

Huddled together in our little earth we gaze with frightened eyes into the dark universe. - Arnold Toynbee quote.
Huddled together in our little earth we gaze with frightened eyes into the dark universe.
— Arnold Toynbee Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century in England

universe

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. - Arnold Toynbee quote.
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
— Arnold Toynbee

America

We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. - Arnold Toynbee quote.
We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves.
— Arnold Toynbee

overpopulation