We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.
Arnold J. ToynbeeReligion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
Arnold J. ToynbeeWe have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.
Arnold J. ToynbeeI do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.
Arnold J. ToynbeeSooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
Arnold J. Toynbee