Author: 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

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

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

- Alfred North Whitehead

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.

- Alfred North Whitehead

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

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

- Alfred North Whitehead

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

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

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