Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

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Mathematician and philosopher · English · 1861–1947

English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

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“The present contains all that there is. It is holy ground for it is the past and it is the future.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
present

“Routine is the god of every social system it is the seventh heaven of business the essential component in the success of every factory the ideal of every statesman.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
work

“True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
Heroes True Virtue