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.

Quote by Arnold Toynbee

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As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not...

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not...

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night...

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night...

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history,...

A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history,...

New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices,...

New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices,...

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined...

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore