The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

Quote by John Dewey

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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...

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, 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.

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.

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire...

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

To me faith means not worrying.

To me faith means not worrying.

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...

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.

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring...

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...