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.
JOHN DEWEYMost notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
More John Dewey Quotes
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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 only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.
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In object lessons in elementary education and in laboratory instruction in higher education, the subject is often so treated that the student fails to see the forest on account of the trees.
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A problem well put is half solved.
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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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Thinking is not a case of spontaneous combustion; it does not occur just on general principles.
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Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.
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Hunger not to have, but to be.
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The ultimate function of literature is to appreciate the world, sometimes indignantly, sometimes sorrowfully, but best of all to praise when it is luckily possible.
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The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.
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To me, faith means not worrying.
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Most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.
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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
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If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.
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