A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as it is nerved by the vigor to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without…

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual...

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual...

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

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.

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

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

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.