Dewey, John

"Life means constant learning and development."

"The real problem of humankind is not violence, but the absence of love."

"Art is the most direct and immediate expression of the human experience."

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

"The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning."

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."

"We only think when confronted with problems."

"The capacity to grow depends on the individual's willingness to face life fairly and squarely."

"A problem well put is half solved."

"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

"The school is the most effective and efficient social service for the improvement of society."

"Human nature itself is not fixed or given once for all; it is something which is being constantly remade."

"Education, taken in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life."

"Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to appraise and re-appraise, to see in a new light."

"The task of education is not merely to reproduce society as it is, but to imagine and work toward society as it should be."

"We are not going backwards, we are enlarging the function of education."

"The future is not something which will take care of itself; it will be what we make of it."

"Everything human is apt to be shadowed by some skepticism."

"Nature is not something to be overcome; it is something to be understood and worked with."

"Genuine freedom is the ability to direct our own thinking."

"The great tradition of democratic idealism has inspired reforms throughout our history."

"In a democratic society, the freedom of individuals is bound up with the freedom of others."

"Method is but the road, and upon the road, human beings meet."

"Art is the most direct and permanent expression of human impulses and achievements."

"The world we live in is a world of activity and change."

"Knowledge is not simply a collection of facts; it is a mode of engaging with the world."

"Growth is the characteristic of life; to stop growing is to stop living."

"Every experience lives on in further experiences."

"The test of ideas is their practical applicability."

"Imagination is as much a fact as observation."