The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
Alfred North WhiteheadFaith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology.
Alfred North WhiteheadPeople make the mistake of talking about 'natural laws.' There are no natural laws. There are only temporary habits of nature.
Alfred North WhiteheadReligion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realised; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.
Alfred North Whitehead