"The immense cities lie basking on the beaches……" — Arnold J. Toynbee
"The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land."
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Arnold J. Toynbee
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43 Quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold J. Toynbee has 43 quotes on this site.
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Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait…
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We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in…
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The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's…
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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…
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Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but…
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The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot…
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It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending…
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Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or…
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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.
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Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and…
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Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of…
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Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in…
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There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that…
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Every day take a few minutes and focus on SEEING yourself in joy. FEEL yourself in joy. IMAGINE only joy ahead…
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In my vast experience, I've found it always wiser to go along with female advice.... First, you make them happy…
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Every day, or at least twice a week, take a few minutes and focus on seeing yourself in joy. Feel…
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When we pray, instead of trying to produce love in our souls toward God, we should be basking in God's…
— Peter Kreeft
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I'm just basking in the glory.
— Johnny Knoxville
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In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity.…
— Mantak Chia
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He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a…
— Virginia Woolf
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Once upon a time there was a bear and a bee who lived in a wood and were the best…
— Banksy
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Sentimentality is a basking in feelings that in reality you don't take seriously enough to make the slightest sacrifice to…
— Hermann Hesse
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Lesbian?” Payton turned around and saw J.D. standing there. Maybe it was the wine. Maybe she was basking in the…
— Julie James
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Then her eyes narrowed. The sun was spilling in the window behind her and Dageus's eyes were golden, dappled with…
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