The way in which the persecution of Galileo has been remembered is a tribute to the quiet commencement of the most intimate change in outlook which the human race had yet encountered. Since a babe was born in a manger, it may be doubted whether so great a thing has happened with so little stir
Alfred North WhiteheadLife is the enjoyment of emotion, derived from the past and aimed at the future.
Alfred North WhiteheadReligion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.
Alfred North WhiteheadThe paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete fact.
Alfred North Whitehead