The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.
Arnold J. ToynbeeOf the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and, when we diagnose each case... we invariably find that the cause of death has been either War or Class or some combination of the two.
Arnold J. ToynbeeThe immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
Arnold J. Toynbee