We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
¶ (Attributed)
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English mathematician and philosopher
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.
¶ (Attributed)
We think in generalities, but we live in details.
¶ (Attributed)
There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
¶ (Attributed)
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
¶ (Attributed)
The function of University is to enable you to shed details in favor of principles.
¶ The Aims of Education and Other Essays, II (1929)
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