412 Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the fifteenth century.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

The world is shocked, or amused, by the sight of saintly old people hindering in the name of morality the removal of obvious brutalities from a legal system.

Disputing the commonsense notion that all events require the prior existence of some underlying matter or substance. There is no antecedent static cabinet.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

Fertilization of the soul is the reason for the necessity of art.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose.

Art heightens the sense of humanity. It gives an elation to feeling which is supernatural...A million sunsets will not spur us on towards civilization. It requires Art to evoke into consciousness the finite perfections which lie ready for human achievement.