To "learn from experience" is to make a backward and forward connection between what we do to things and what we enjoy or suffer from things in consequence. John Dewey More Quotes by John Dewey More Quotes From John Dewey The development occurs through reciprocal give-and-take, the teacher taking but not being afraid also to give. John Dewey teachingteachergiving We cannot set up, out of our heads, something we regard as an ideal society. John Dewey ideal-societyregardideals Within even the most social group there are many relations that are not as yet social. John Dewey groupssocialrelation It requires troublesome work to undertake the alteration of old beliefs. John Dewey alterationstroublesomebelief Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment. John Dewey alertnessopen-mindedprocess Mind is a verb not a noun. John Dewey nounsverbsmind Language exists only when it is listened to as well as spoken. The hearer is an indispensable partner. John Dewey partnerslanguagewriting Vocational training is the training of animals or slaves. It fits them to become cogs in the industrial machine. Free men need liberal education to prepare them to make a good use of their freedom. John Dewey traininganimalmen Man's home is nature; his purposes and aims are dependent for execution upon natural conditions. Separated from such conditions they become empty dreams and idle indulgences of fancy. John Dewey naturedreamhome Not only is social life identical with communication, but all communication (and hence all genuine social life) is educative. John Dewey communicationsociallife-is most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. John Dewey renewalnotabledistinction Many of the obstacles for change which have been attributed to human nature are in fact due to the inertia of institutions and to the voluntary desire of powerful classes to maintain the existing status. John Dewey powerfuldesireclass Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful. John Dewey affaircommunicationwonderful To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the alert, to care about, to be attentive. John Dewey learningcareteaching Men have gone on to build up vast intellectual schemes, philosophies, and theologies, to prove that ideals are not real as ideals but as antecedently existing actualities. They have failed to see that in converting moral realities into matters of intellectual assent they have evinced lack of moral faith. John Dewey realmenphilosophy Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation. John Dewey goalselfreality Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. John Dewey naturemotherhome It is obvious to any observer that in every western country the increase of importance of public schools has been at least coincident with the relaxation of older family ties. John Dewey tiescountryschool When things have a meaning for us, we mean (intend, propose) what we do: when they do not, we act blindly, unconsciously, unintelligently. John Dewey proposemean The bare fact that language consists of sounds which are mutually intelligible is enough of itself to show that its meaning depends upon connection with a shared experience. John Dewey connectionssoundfacts
