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.
JOHN DEWEYHunger not to have, but to be.
More John Dewey Quotes
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Wonder is the mother of all science.
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To me faith means not worrying.
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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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As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.
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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
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The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.
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Most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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In a sense the mind of savage peoples is an effect, rather than a cause, of their backward institutions.
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Whole object of intellectual education is formation of logical disposition.
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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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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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The local is the only universal, upon that all art is built.
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A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.
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To me, faith means not worrying.
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