“I believe that a religious conversion is the only way to stimulate the peoples of the industrialized nations to be willing to make sacrifices for the sake of esho funi (the oneness of self and environment). ... I wish the entire world would accept as an item of religious faith the concept of esho funi and its moral obligations.” WorldWayBelieveSelfI BelieveNationsWishReligiousAcceptingMoralEnvironmentSacrificeWillingConceptsSakeConversionObligationOnenessItemsReligious FaithMoral Obligation Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“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.” WayInspirationalBelieveImportantInspirationMotivationalMotivationGoalVisionPrinciplesAddictionCoachingAmbitiousParadoxicalAchieving Your GoalsReaching Your GoalsGoals And LifeReaching GoalsAmbitious Goals Book:Civilization on Trial Source: Civilization on Trial
“I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.” BelieveDiesProductsCivilizationOrganisms Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them that they fail to meet.” IfsBelieveBeliefI BelieveGrowsChallengesBreakPiecesFailingBirthCivilizationDown AndBreaking DownRespondingIfs And Book:Civilization on Trial Source: Civilization on Trial
“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.” BelieveHumansMadePastTurnsChoicesFreedomHuman BeingsDestinySeriesGenuineFreedom Of ChoiceChoices Made Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
