Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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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.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

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...

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

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;...

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

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...

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

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...

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe,...

You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe,...