An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.
John DeweyThere is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due.
John DeweyThinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences.
John DeweyBeings who are born not only unaware of, but quite indifferent to, the aims and habits of the social group have to be rendered cognizant of them and actively interested. Education, and education alone, spans the gap.
John Dewey