A large part of the art of instruction lies in making the difficulty of new problems large enough to challenge thought, and small enough so that, in addition to the confusion naturally attending the novel elements, there shall be luminous familiar spots from which helpful suggestions may spring.
John DeweyEvery society gets encumbered with what is trivial, with dead wood from the past, and with what is positively perverse.
John DeweyLanguage exists only when it is listened to as well as spoken. The hearer is an indispensable partner.
John DeweyThe intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this reason I do not think that those who are concerned about the future of a religious attitude should trouble themselves about the conflict of science with traditional doctrines.
John Dewey