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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.

by John Dewey Found in: Justice Quotes,
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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.

by John Dewey Found in: Jeopardy Quotes,
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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

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...the conviction persists - though history has shown it to be a hallucination - that all the questions that the read more

...the conviction persists - though history has shown it to be a hallucination - that all the questions that the human mind has asked are questions that can be answered in terms of the alternatives that the questions themselves present. But in fact intellectual progress usually occurs through sheer abandonment of questions together with both of the alternatives they assume - an abandonment that results from their decreasing vitality and change of urgent interest. We do not solve them: we get over them. Old questions are solved by disappearing, evaporating, while new questions corresponding to the changed attitude of endeavor and preference take their place.

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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.

by John Dewey Found in: Purpose Quotes,
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