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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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...

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.

It (modern philosophy) certainly exacts a surrender of all supernaturalism and fixed dogma and rigid...

It (modern philosophy) certainly exacts a surrender of all supernaturalism and fixed dogma and rigid...

When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which...

When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which...

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.

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...

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and...

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and...

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.

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...

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.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been,...

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been,...

To me faith means not worrying.

To me faith means not worrying.

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

No man's credit is as good as his money.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It...

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It...

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

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...

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;...

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.