Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

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,...

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

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

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

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

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

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational...

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational...

The Day of Judgment is an important notion: but that Day is always with us

The Day of Judgment is an important notion: but that Day is always with us

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what...

A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what...

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

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.