Civilization and Barbarism

On a stationary military frontier between a civilization and a barbarism, time always works in the barbarians' favour; and, besides this, the barbarians' advantages increases in geometrical progression at each arithmetical addition to the length of the line which the defenders of the civilization have to hold.

- A J Toynbee, A Study of History Vol 2, Vol 5

The weak spot of religion is its ridiculousness

- A J Toynbee, A Study of History Vol 5