Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Author: 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.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
If a dog jumps into 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.
If a dog jumps into 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.
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.
Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
In formal logic a contradiction is the signal of defeat but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
In formal logic a contradiction is the signal of defeat but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high idealistic motives and idealism in our time has been shoved aside and we are paying the penalty for it.
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high idealistic motives and idealism in our time has been shoved aside and we are paying the penalty for it.