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Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.
John Dewey
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John Dewey
Age: 92 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 20
Died: 1952
Died: June 1
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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
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Even in a savage tribe, the achievements of adults are far beyond what the immature members would be capable of if left to themselves. With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases.
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For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities.
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most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise it surrounds the present like a halo.
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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
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The bare fact that language consists of sounds which are mutually intelligible is enough of itself to show that its meaning depends upon connection with a shared experience.
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Instruction is important.
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Every living being needs continually renewed, and education is simply the chief process by which renewal occurs.
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Knowledge falters when imagination clips its wings or fears to use them.
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