Author: John Dewey

Quotes

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

- John Dewey

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

- John Dewey

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

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

- John Dewey

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.

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.

- John Dewey

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.

- John Dewey

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.

- John Dewey

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

- John Dewey

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.

- 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.

- John Dewey

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