The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
Alfred North WhiteheadEvery epoch has its character determined by the way its population reacts to the material events which they encounter.
Alfred North WhiteheadIn formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
Alfred North WhiteheadThe mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. If we like to assume the rise of language as a given fact, then it is not going too far to say that the souls of men are the gift from language to mankind. The account of the sixth day should be written: He gave them speech, and they became souls.
Alfred North Whitehead