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

Topics: Action Quotes, Democracy Quotes, Freedom Quotes

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.