Maxioms by John Dewey
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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.
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more
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. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
To me faith means not worrying.
To me faith means not worrying.
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us read more
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
