Quote by John Dewey
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

Other quotes by John Dewey

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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Ignorance
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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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Education
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It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; its the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current. – Source Unknown

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One learns to itch where one can scratch. – Ernest Bramah

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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. – Jane Heard

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Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be. – Proverb

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Fatalism is the lazy mans way of accepting the inevitable. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Birth and death we all move between these two unknowns. – Bryant H. McGill

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Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing. – Guy Kawasaki

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Im just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me. – Charles Rangel

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