Inspirational Quote by Alfred North Whitehead Download Open image “The only use of knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.” — Alfred North Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Knowledge Knowledge of the past Love Past Time Use Use it or lose it Use of knowledge
The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Most of all, perhaps, we need an intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has anything magical about it, but we cannot… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history. — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
The past isn't useful until its place in the present is found. — Judith Perelman Rossner Copy Share Image
The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future; — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Knowledge owns the past and future, as long as we've the information we've power over the future. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
On the ostensible exactitude of certain branches of human knowledge, including mathematics. The exactness is a fake. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
