"Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God." ― Arnold J. Toynbee Topic(s): God More From Arnold J. Toynbee "Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice." "The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." "Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor." More In God "God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty."― Peter Marshall "He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God."― John Donne "Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."― Samuel Butler