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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer."

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.




Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths."

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.




Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge."

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.




Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows."

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life."

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery."

From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations."

The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish."

The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.




Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language."

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "How the past perishes is how the future becomes."

How the past perishes is how the future becomes.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them."

Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace."

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious."

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience."

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious."

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The chief error in philosophy is overstatement."

The chief error in philosophy is overstatement.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top."

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise"

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit."

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity."

The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it."

Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed."

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason."

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression."

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The motive of success is not enough."

The motive of success is not enough.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Algebra is the intellectual instrument which has been created for rendering clear the quantitative aspects of the world."

Algebra is the intellectual instrument which has been created for rendering clear the quantitative aspects of the world.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory."

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Thus the negative perception is the triumph of consciousness."

Thus the negative perception is the triumph of consciousness.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallacious. There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal, and no liberal education which is not technical."

The antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallacious. There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal, and no liberal education which is not technical.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science."

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals."

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me."

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Philosophy is the product of wonder."

Philosophy is the product of wonder.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Every really new idea looks crazy at first."

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis in ancient India; and science in its most advanced stage now is closer to Vedanta than ever before."

The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis in ancient India; and science in its most advanced stage now is closer to Vedanta than ever before.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived."

Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Seek simplicity, and distrust it."

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment."

The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language."

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well."

Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike."

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.



Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: "It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense."

It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense.