I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Writers Quotes

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

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.

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...

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,...

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges...

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges...

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

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

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

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

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;...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

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...

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...

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...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of...

One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of...

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends...

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends...

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.