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

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

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...

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...

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,...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

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...

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

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

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...

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

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...

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,...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and...

The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and...

Seek simplicity but distrust it

Seek simplicity but distrust it

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life