The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue

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.

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...

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...

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...

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

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;...

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

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...

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...

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

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;...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.