“My advice to any traveler who is traveling in order to learn would be: 'Fight tooth and nail to be permitted to travel in what is technically the least efficient way.'” WayWould BeOrderFightingAdviceTeethEfficientNailsTraveler Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“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
“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
“Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of love, we do because we want to.” WayWantLoveDifferentInspireConscienceCommand Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
