--- title: "Best Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes" description: "Arnold Joseph Toynbee was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arnold-j-toynbee-14758.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arnold-j-toynbee-14758.jpg) # Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975) Historian United Kingdom **56** quotes in **413** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Arnold J. Toynbee was a historian from the United Kingdom, best known for *A Study of History*. ## Quick Facts About Arnold J. Toynbee Born April 14, 1889 Died October 22, 1975 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Historian Notable works A Study of History Spouse Rosalind Murray ## About Arnold J. Toynbee Arnold Joseph Toynbee was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain. ## Awards & Honors honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta Q110813485 Companion of Honour Fellow of the British Academy doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará ## Quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee · Page 2 > [The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/the-absolute-value-of-love-makes-life-worth-while-and-so-makes-man-s/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_absolutes_the-absolute-value-of-love-makes-life-wo_390469.jpg) > [Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/religion-holds-the-solution-to-all-problems-of-human-relationship/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_children_religion-holds-the-solution-to-all-probl_481506.jpg) > [Immaturity means self-centeredness, inability to compromise, to rise above hurt feelings, to postpone immediate pleasures in favor of future benefits, or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/immaturity-means-self-centeredness-inability-to-compromise-to-rise/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Benefits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_benefits_immaturity-means-self-centeredness-inabi_1271777.jpg) > [Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/of-the-twenty-or-so-civilizations-known-to-modern-western-historians/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_cases_of-the-twenty-or-so-civilizations-known_1849353.jpg) > [My advice to any traveler who is traveling in order to learn would be: 'Fight tooth and nail to be permitted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/my-advice-to-any-traveler-who-is-traveling-in-order-to-learn-would-be/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_advice_my-advice-to-any-traveler-who-is-traveli_2724672.jpg) > [The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/the-extinction-of-race-consciousness-as-between-muslims-is-one-of-the/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Consciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consciousness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_consciousness_the-extinction-of-race-consciousness-as_654002.jpg) > [Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/civilizations-i-believe-come-to-birth-and-proceed-to-grow-by/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_belief_civilizations-i-believe-come-to-birth-an_2839369.jpg) > [The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/the-last-stage-but-one-of-every-civilisation-is-characterised-by-the/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Civilisation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilisation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_civilisation_the-last-stage-but-one-of-every-civilisa_802844.jpg) > [Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but they cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/anxiety-and-conscience-are-a-powerful-pair-of-dynamos-between-them/) [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-j-toynbee/) [Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/arnold-j-toynbee-12041_anxiety_anxiety-and-conscience-are-a-powerful-pa_2097323.jpg) > [It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-j-toynbee/it-is-a-paradoxical-but-profoundly-true-and-important-principle-of/) [Arnold J. 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