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Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.
— Alfred North Whitehead
Tags: infinite, circumstances, purpose, life

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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
Tags: work
It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
— Alfred North Whitehead
Tags: very, analysis, obvious, mind
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
— Alfred North Whitehead
Tags: analysis, obvious, mind, simple
I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.
— Alfred North Whitehead
Tags: joke, who, always, i-am
Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
— Alfred North Whitehead
Tags: speak, will, words, time
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