Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

With each passing decade, history becomes less real for us, less immediate and essential to our way of life, and so, like 'green' nature, more of a commodity or an advertising gimmick.

My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now.

I think that America has an obsession with history, really.

We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?

The history that lies inert in unread books does no work in the world …. our proper function is not to repeat the past but to make use of it

Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.

… history is that which transforms documents into monuments

History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.

History is simply man’s desperate bid to give substance to his most visionary dreams.

History is on every occasion the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.

You can’t just wave a magic wand and make our history go away..

There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.

Ancient monuments 300 to 1000-plus years old are never 'renovated,' only 'restored,' a distinction that escapes the babus.

Federal support for Morristown National Historic Park and the inclusion of additional lands present a unique opportunity for our government to express its commitment to preserving our past. Failing to do so may allow these historically important lands to go unprotected.

It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.

I want to bring forth the historical significance of Sreerampur and turn it into a tourism hub.

It might be the wish of many people that Allahabad can be renamed as Prayagraj. I think that it will give a very good message.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

History is not the proper midden for digging up novelties. Perhaps that is one reason why a nation bent on novelty ignores it.

Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.

Learning cannot be disassociated from action.

I'm passionate about history and there's no more historic place than London. We're sitting on a thousand years of history and you can smell it as you're walking around the streets.

Preserve your history and become everlasting; receive new life from the times that have gone by.

Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.