John Dewey

"Not knowing how to find your way around a library is like not knowing how to swim."

"Growth itself is the only moral purpose."

"The problems of mankind are not in the development of his mind but in the use to which he puts his mind."

"Understanding means seeing how the thing functions."

"Nature is not something to be conquered but to be cooperated with."

"Play is the most natural and freest type of mental activity."

"Individuality is only possible if it grounded in commonality."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."

"In order that people be happy in their work, these two things are needed: they must believe their work to matter, and they must receive appropriate recognition."

"We must have the utmost respect for the potential that lies within our children."

"The active occupations of adults should afford models which children naturally wish to imitate."

"Ideas are not formed in the mind alone but are tested through action."

"The measure of the excellence of a school is in the degree to which it creates a desire for continued growth."

"Unconsciousness of a social evil is the condition for its continuance."

"The good society is characterized by its continuity with the past."

"To be healthy is to be developing or growing toward the good."

"Art in its deepest sense is therefore incompatible with the practices of a society built on acquisitiveness."

"A person has not started thinking until he is willing to contradict himself."

"The roots of discipline are to be found in the life of the community."

"Every experience is like a seed that grows."

"The more truly genuine the education, the more does it deal with actual life-experiences."

"Beliefs require active engagement with the world."

"There is no greater individual than he who is truly a social individual."

"The direction of the mind depends on what it is made to dwell upon."

"Truth is a process, not a fixed thing."

"Aesthetic experience is experience in its most pregnant sense."

"The real object of education is to have a person in the condition of continually asking questions."

"To me fear indicates always that you are giving power to something outside yourself."

"It is the greatest injustice to prefer a vague right to a definite good."

"History, when stripped of its myths, teaches us the power of organization."