Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

Quote by John Dewey

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By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make...

By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make...

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are...

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are...

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure and opportunity to...

To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure and opportunity to...

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates...

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates...

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself

The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our...

Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our...

By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction...

By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction...

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life...

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life...

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to...

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to...

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the...

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the...

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more

Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer

Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer