Author of quotes: Arnold Joseph Toynbee
An iron sword, like a steel tank, submarine, or any other vehicle of destruction, can be a symbol of victory, but not a symbol of culture.
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MegaMozg 08-11-2021 / 00:39
Mankind, obviously, must choose one of two things: either commit suicide, or learn to live as one family. I suppose that humanity will agree to a cruel dictatorship of the Leninist type as less evil than self-destruction.
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MegaMozg 08-11-2021 / 00:36
Civilization is a type of human community associated with a particular religion, customs, and artistic culture.
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MegaMozg 07-11-2021 / 23:27
I believe that in all countries where the maximum private profit acts as a motive for production, the private enterprise system will cease to function. When this happens, socialism will eventually be imposed by a dictatorial regime.
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MegaMozg 07-11-2021 / 23:24
Most of the traffic is often observed at dead ends of history.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 21:06
I always wanted to see the back side of the moon.
Quote Explanation: So succinctly at the end of his life formulated his credo [here the Moon in a figurative sense - history] world famous English historian, diplomat, social activist, sociologist and philosopher Arnold Joseph Toynbee, childhood keenly interested in the history of the peoples who do not fit into the traditional Eurocentric scheme, Persians, Carthaginians, Muslims, Chinese, Japanese, etc. Indeed, Toynbee as a historian all his life fought against narrow-minded Eurocentrism, insisting on the uniqueness of appearance of each civilization, and as a public figure and publicist against any attempts of the West to impose on other peoples and civilizations own system of values and evaluations as ultimate truth.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 21:05
The right time to start your next job is not tomorrow or next week, but right now.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 21:04
The Supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 21:03
It is paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life: the surest way to achieve any goal is an effort towards this goal, but more distant, much more ambitious.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 21:02
Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only lead to two things: first, exciting the imagination of the ideal and, secondly, a clear and reasonable plan to implement this ideal in practice.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 20:13
As rational beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice and can't shift our responsibility on to the shoulders of God or nature. We must bear it ourselves. It is our responsibility.
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MegaMozg 15-11-2017 / 20:12
