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

Individuals are certainly interested, at times, in having their own way, and their own way may go contrary to the ways of others. But they are also interested, and chiefly interested upon the whole, in entering into the activities of others and taking part in conjoint and cooperative doings. Otherwise, no such thing as a community would be possible.

Language fails not because thought fails, but because no verbal symbols can do justice to the fullness and richness of thought. Ifwe are to continue talking about "data" in any other sense than as reflective distinctions, the original datum is always such a qualitative whole.

Of what use, educationally speaking, is it to be able to see the end in the beginning?

I believe that the school must represent present life - life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on in the home, in the neighborhood, or on the play-ground.

Not only is social life identical with communication, but all communication (and hence all genuine social life) is educative.

Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other.