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

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A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline. – John Dewey

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Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. – John Dewey

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Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution. – Edward Somers

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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. – Pamela Vaull Starr

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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1834

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