Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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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...

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

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

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...

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,...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

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,...

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;...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool...

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool...

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.