I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Belief Quotes, Religion Quotes

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

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

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

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,...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

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...

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not...

In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not...

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

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its...

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its...