Quote by John Dewey
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of men

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey

Other quotes by John Dewey

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

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Adaptability
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Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning. – John Dewey

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Experience
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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

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Happiness
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Other Quotes from
History
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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. – C. S. Lewis

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History

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. Thats why we call it the present. – Babatunde Olatunji

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History

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. – Tim Robbins

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Thats all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history. – William McKinley

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Im sorry you are wiser, I sorry you are taller; I liked you better foolish and I liked you better smaller. – Aline Murray Kilmer

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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler

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All my children inherited perfect pitch. – Chevy Chase

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O rose, who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,–
Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Remembrance