In England if something goes wrong--say, if one finds a skunk in the garden--he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to take the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift.
Alfred North WhiteheadCivilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Alfred North WhiteheadWhat we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.
Alfred North WhiteheadReligion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.
Alfred North WhiteheadGod is in the world, or nowhere, creating continually in us and around us. Insofar as man partakes of this creative process does he partake of the divine, of God, and that participation is his immortality.
Alfred North Whitehead