Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized Quotes


The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 101
A race preserves its vigour so long as it harbours a real contrast between what has been and what may be, and so long as it is nerved by the vigour to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure, civilization is in full decay. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 61
The present contains all that there is. It is holy ground; for it is the past, and it is the future. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 57
A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 45
It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ones. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 45
God is in the world, or nowhere, creating continually in us and around us. Insofar as man partakes of this creative process does he partake of the divine, of God, and that participation is his immortality …. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 45
The total absence of humour from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 40
Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 39
Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 37
From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought. Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized 32

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Alfred North Whitehead Uncategorized Quotes

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