It is the first step in sociological wisdom, to recognize that the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in … - Alfred North Whitehead

the major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur

It is the first step in sociological wisdom, to
recognize that the major advances in civilization
are processes which all but wreck the societies in
which they occur : — like unto an arrow in the
hand of a child.

There is a greatness in the lives of those who build up religious systems, a greatness in action, in idea and in self-subordination, embodied in instance after instance through centuries of growth. There is a greatness in the rebels who destroy such systems: they are the Titans who storm heaven, armed with passionate sincerity. It may be that the revolt is the mere assertion by youth of its right to its proper brilliance, to that final good of immediate joy. Philosophy may not neglect the multifariousness of the world — the fairies dance, and Christ is nailed to the cross.

A duration is a concrete slab of nature limited by simultaneity which is an essential factor disclosed in sense-awareness.

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.