Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The purpose of education is not to fill a vessel but to kindle a flame.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode o…

- Alfred North Whitehead

After you understand about the sun and the stars and the rotation of the earth, you may still miss the radiance of the sunset.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

- Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

- Alfred North Whitehead

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

- Alfred North Whitehead

The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable.

- Alfred North Whitehead