Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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

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

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

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...

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid...

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid...

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

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...

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.

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

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

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.

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

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

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

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

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

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...

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...

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;...

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a...

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a...

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.