Alfred North Whitehead ( 10 of 23 )
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.
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, read more
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude
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.
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our read more
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
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.
Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.
Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.
