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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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...

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

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...

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;...

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.

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...

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

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

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

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

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...

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...

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...