Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

Quote by John Dewey

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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 only think when we are confronted with a problem

We only think when we are confronted with a problem

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

Education is not a 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

To me faith means not worrying.

To me faith means not worrying.