Logo
Quote by John Dewey
We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancesto

We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice. – John Dewey

Other quotes by John Dewey

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

Category:
Experience
Author
John Dewey
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Miscellaneous
category

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. – Frederic Chopin

Category:
Miscellaneous

Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Category:
Miscellaneous

We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. – Norman Cousins

Category:
Miscellaneous

The private lives of the ancients are now the public sport of the moderns. – Ivor Brown

Category:
Miscellaneous

Random Quotes

I say: If you dont know how to cook, Im sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call that friend and say, Can I come next time and can I bring some food and can I come an hour or two hours ahead and watch you and help you? – Jacques Pepin

Category:
Food

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. Thats the story of my private life. – Gloria Swanson

Category:
Epitaphs

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. – Alfred Adler

Category:
Truth

If Im working on a film, Ill do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something. – James Franco

Category:
Morning