Dewey, John

"The world is not something fixed and given, but something continuously growing and developing."

"Genuine philosophy always has a prophetic character; it looks toward a future not yet existing."

"The great tradition of liberal education in a true sense is an education in freedom."

"Art is the language through which we share our deepest human experiences."

"To know is to understand the causes of things."

"The present is the only place where the past and the future meet."

"Cooperation is not a thing of sentiment alone; it is the fundamental condition of human existence."

"The individual is not just a member of a group; they are part of the continuous stream of human society."

"The business of education is not to make the pupil like existing institutions, but to make them such as all pupils can genuinely enjoy."

"Everything in nature is an experiment; the more experiments you make, the better."

"The highest human interest is the interest in the future of society."

"Life is not something that happens to us; it is something we do."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"Habit is the best teacher because it is the most permanent."

"The principle of continuity is the deepest principle of human nature."

"We are always living in a world that is more or less strange and foreign to us."

"The nature of the beast determines how it survives, but humans determine their own nature through their actions."

"Every genuine inquirer must be willing to follow the evidence wherever it leads, even if it contradicts their earlier beliefs."

"The capacity for growth is what fundamentally distinguishes the living from the dead."

"In the end, our measure of success is whether we have contributed to the continuing reconstruction of human experience."

"The purpose of social organization is the development of the capacities of human individuals."

"To promote thinking in the learner is to make that learner creative."

"The future belongs to those who can conceive of it most vividly."

"There is no tragedy in human existence more profound than the failure of imagination."

"The human being is constantly engaged in the process of reconstructing their experience."

"Patience is the virtue by which we allow growth to unfold at its natural pace."

"The greatest of all freedoms is the freedom to think."

"Every human institution is an experiment in managing human life."

"The real tragedy is the tragedy of people who are not allowed to develop their powers."

"We create our own future by the choices we make in the present moment."