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Thinking is not a case of spontaneous combustion; it does not occur just on general principles.

John Dewey

The two limits of every unit of thinking are a perplexed, troubled, or confused situation at the beginning, and a cleared up, unified, resolved situation at the close.
JOHN DEWEY

Beginning Limitation Thinking
Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.
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Art Communication Existence
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
JOHN DEWEY

Education Life Preparation
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

Change Direction Mindset Place Unity
Expertness of taste is at once the result and reward of constant exercise of thinking.
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Result Taste Thinking
Hunger not to have, but to be.
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Be Yourself Inspirational One Liner
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 DEWEY

Eyes Learning Nature Result Thinking
A problem well put is half solved.
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Inspirational One Liner Problem
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
JOHN DEWEY

Achievement Success
Education is not preparation for life, Education is life itself.
JOHN DEWEY

Education Life Preparation
The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.
JOHN DEWEY

Deep Desire Emotion Feeling Human Important Nature
I believe finally, that education must be conceived as a continuing reconstruction of experience; that the process and the goal of education are one and the same thing.
JOHN DEWEY

Believe Education Experience Myself
The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.
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Attitude Desire Important Learning
The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.
JOHN DEWEY

Education Philosophy
Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues.
JOHN DEWEY

Growth Lie Mindset
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
JOHN DEWEY

Action Change Choice Improvement Transformation

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