Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.
JOHN DEWEYNever let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.
More John Dewey Quotes
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I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in the matter, if atheism means simply not being a theist, then of course I’m an atheist.
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The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.
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The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.
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The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alteration of old beliefs.
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Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
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Wonder is the mother of all science.
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Most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
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A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.
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Thinking and feeling that have to do with action in association with others is as much a social mode of behavior as is the most overt cooperative or hostile act.
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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
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Holding the mind to a subject is like holding a ship to its course; it implies constant change of place combined with unity of direction.
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We may lead a horse to water we cannot make him drink; and that while we can shut a man up in a penitentiary we cannot make him penitent.
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Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues.
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To me, faith means not worrying.
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