An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

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

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

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...

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

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

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

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of...

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of...

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

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

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's...

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

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

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

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking...

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking...

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...

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...