Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

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

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Political

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• You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

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  Wise, May, Bases

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

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  Speaks Out, Deeds, Action

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• The purpose of education is not to fill a vessel but to kindle a flame.

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  Flames, Purpose, Kindles

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

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  Inspirational, Change, Art

  Alfred North Whitehead, David Ray Griffin (1978). “Process and reality: an essay in cosmology”, Free Pr

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• The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.

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  Independent, Literature, Way

  Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.54, Open Road Media

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• Seek simplicity but distrust it.

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  Simplicity, Distrust

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• The only use of knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.

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  Past, Use It Or Lose It, Use Of Knowledge

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

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  Obvious, Contemplating, Extraordinary

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• Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

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  Motivation, Ideas, Progress

  Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.142, Open Road Media

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• Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.

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  Wisdom, People, Tree

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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.

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  Inspirational, Thank You, Wise

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• 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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  Dog, Cat, Animal

  Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.183, David R. Godine Publisher

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• Error is the price we pay for progress.

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  Errors, Progress, Pay

  "Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology". Book by Alfred North Whitehead, 1929.

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

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  Philosophy, Done, Wonder

  Alfred North Whitehead (1968). “Modes of Thought”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

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• We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

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  Inspirational, Time, Educational

  Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.20, Open Road Media

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

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  Truth, Lying, Half

  Dialogues prologue (1954)

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• Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.

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  Emotion, Life Is, Ninety

  "Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead" by Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price, Ch. 29, 1954.

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• The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Literature, Absence

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

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  Courage, Hero, Bravery

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• Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

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  Wisdom, Grows, Shrinks

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable.

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  Adventure, Safety, Unattainable

  1925 Science and the Modern World.

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• In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

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  Failure, Teaching, Causes

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Perception, Foundation, Eternity

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• Great dreamers' dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended.

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  Dream, Dreamer, Fulfilled

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