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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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...

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

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

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...

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.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

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...

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.

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

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about 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

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

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...

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...