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Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential poin

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. – John Dewey

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The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. – John Dewey

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John Dewey
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Genuine ignorance is… profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. – John Dewey

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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. – Mahatma Gandhi

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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. – Alexander Hamilton

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To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. – Abraham Maslow

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