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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes: It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .
         

It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .


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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.



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



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.



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



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



Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.



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.



...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.



Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.



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.





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But you can do one, you can do the other, or you can do both - meaning fight it out but be in a place that's more comfortable.

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As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life



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Some issues stay fresh every time you open them up. It's like evil magical Tupperware -- it stays fresh forever.



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