In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed.

— Alfred North Whitehead

It is the business of the future to be dangerous.

— Alfred North Whitehead

It is the business of the future to be dangerous, and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

— Alfred North Whitehead

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Let me here remind you that the essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. This unsuitableness of destiny can only be illustrated in terms of human life by incidents which in fact involve unhappiness. For it is by them that the futility of escape can be made evident in the drama. This remorseless unsuitableness is what pervades scientific thought. The laws of physics are the decrees of fate.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Life is an offensive directed against the repetitious mechanism of the universe.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Life is complex in its expression, involving more than percipience, namely desire, emotion, will, and feeling.

— 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