When success turns a man's head he faces failure

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a...

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a...

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...

The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development

The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

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

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

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious

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.

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

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.

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...

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

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...

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,...

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.