“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.” IfsWellsUseMightActionLife IsUsedStuffIntellectualHistoricalPracticalsIntellectual LifePractical Life Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in self-destruction of the human race. At this supremely dangerous moment in human history , the only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way. Here we have the attitude and spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together in to a single family.” IfsWayHumansEndsSelfMomentsTogetherSpiritGrowsRaceAttitudeClearDangerousBecomingDestructionSalvationWesternAncientIndianHuman RaceHinduismChaptersHuman HistorySelf Destruction 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
“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.” IfsHumansChildrenEndsScienceFatherMoralVirtueMaterialsWesternExtraordinaryTriumphOur TimeHuman HistoryMoral Virtues Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
