“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, ninetee...” — Arnold J. Toynbee Quote

“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.”

“The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.”

“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.”

“Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.”

“It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.”

“The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.”

“The history of skiing is important to me.”

“Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?”

“Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.”

“We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.”

“Those who wish to promote the welfare of the people should advance in solidarity with them and select the path most suitable for them. Since the history of our people is different from that of the people of the West, the steps that the two peoples choose to take in order to advance must also be different.”

“Anti-Semitism has never gone away; it will always be there because it's a very convenient prejudice. The gene of it, the original DNA, is buried deep within our history. And even within some Jews as well.”