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Mankind Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead
- ...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.
- Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most…
- The mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. If we like to assume the rise of language as a given fact,…
- Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
- Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
More Mankind Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of… — Saint Augustine
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies,… — Jane Austen
- A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause… — Irving Babbitt
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… — Douglas Adams
- Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the… — Henry Adams