Alfred North Whitehead Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Alfred North Whitehead quotes, Alfred North Whitehead sayings, and Alfred North Whitehead proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. Alfred North Whitehead
Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. Alfred North Whitehead
Seek simplicity but distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. Alfred North Whitehead
It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. Alfred North Whitehead
Seek simplicity, and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because you lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. Alfred North Whitehead
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead
A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as it is nerved by the vigor to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure civilization is in full decay. Alfred North Whitehead
An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. Alfred North Whitehead
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead
It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead
The ultimate metaphysical ground is the creative advance into novelty. Alfred North Whitehead
In this modern world, the celibacy of the medieval learned class has been replaced by a celibacy of the intellect which is divorced from the concrete contemplation of the complete facts. Alfred North Whitehead
The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit. Alfred North Whitehead
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead
What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation. Alfred North Whitehead
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. Alfred North Whitehead
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead
Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized. Alfred North Whitehead
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Alfred North Whitehead
A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace. Alfred North Whitehead
It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Alfred North Whitehead
The invention of the differential calculus marks a crisis in the history of mathematics. The progress of science is divided between periods characterized by a slow accumulation of ideas and periods, when, owing to the new material for thought thus patiently collected, some genius by the invention of a new method or a new point of view, suddenly transforms the whole subject on to a higher level. Alfred North Whitehead