“Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination.”
More from Alfred Whitehead on Wisdom
“The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development”
“Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them.”
“The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.”
“The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.”
“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”
“Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.”
“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.”
“Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.”
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
“A student should not be taught more than he can think about.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to...”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“Honesty's the best policy.”
Confucius
19 quotes“If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
William Penn
14 quotes“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be...”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”
Sir Winston Churchill
14 quotes“...anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.”