We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. – Arnold Toynbee
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. – Arnold Toynbee
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. – Arnold Toynbee
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself. – Henry Fairlie, quoted in Conservation Foundation Letter, November 1981