John Dewey

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.

We only think when we are confronted with a problem.

We only think when we are confronted with a problem.

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.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to read more

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

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.