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.
JOHN DEWEY
To me, faith means not worrying.
More John Dewey Quotes
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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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Education is not preparation for life, Education is life itself.
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Wonder is the mother of all science.
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Reflection involves not simply a sequence of ideas, but a consequence – a consecutive ordering in such a way that each determines the next as its proper outcome, while each in turn leans back on its predecessors.
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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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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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Never let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.
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The vine of pedant theory is attached at both ends to the pillars of observed subject-matter.
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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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A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.
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The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.
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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
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As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.
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The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end.
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The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.
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Hear you don’t believe I know enough to hold office. I wish you to understand that I am thinking about something or other most of the time.
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