We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos

Quote by John Dewey

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself

The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself

The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is...

The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the...

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the...