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Adventure Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead
- Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.
- A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as…
- Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
- It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus…
- The vitality of thought is in adventure. Idea's won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervour,…
- Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures…
- The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.
- A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.
- Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure, a sense of nothing having been done before, of complete freedom to experiment...
- Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China.
- The worth of men consists in their liability to persuasion. . . . Civilisation is the maintenance of social order, by its own inherent persuasiveness…
- Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.
- The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor,…
- The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable.
More Adventure Quotes
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong
- I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough
- The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. — Saint Augustine
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
- I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for. — Christian Bale
- To die will be an awfully big adventure. — James M. Barrie
- Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey
- Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas… — Mary Ritter Beard
- Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and… — Ezra Taft Benson