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Quote by Arnold Toynbee
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. – Arnold Toynbee

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We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. – Arnold Toynbee

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Environment
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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee

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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties. – Carol Matthau

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Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Since the Middle Ages progress in hygiene has been characterized by the conquest of stink. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The gratification of desire is not happiness. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Unwilling service earns no thanks. – Danish proverb

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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. – Voltaire

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Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion. – John Cale

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