412 Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

The mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. If we like to assume the rise of language as a given fact, then it is not going too far to say that the souls of men are the gift from language to mankind. The account of the sixth day should be written: He gave them speech, and they became souls

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

All practical teachers know that education is a patient process of mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

No reason can be given for the nature of God, because that nature is the ground of rationality.

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.

Governments are best classified by considering who are the "somebodies" they are in fact endeavoring to satisfy.

Thus the negative perception is the triumph of consciousness.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Seek simplicity, then distrust.