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

Quote by John Dewey

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

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

For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are...

For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are...

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...

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all...

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all...

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.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way...

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way...

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...

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.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and...

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and...

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

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.

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...

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.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up...

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up...

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free...

Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free...