Since education is not a means to living, but is identical with the operation of living a life which is fruitful and inherently significant, the only ultimate value which can be set up is just the process of living itself. And this is not an end to which studies and activities are subordinate means; it is the whole of which they are ingredients.
John DeweyNot perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living.
John DeweyTo the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo.
John DeweyThe future of religion is connected with the possibility of developing a faith in the possibilities of human experience and human relationships that will create a vital sense of the solidarity of human interests and inspire action to make that sense a reality.
John Dewey