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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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.

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

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...

We only think when we are confronted with a problem

We only think when we are confronted with a problem

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 outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...