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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

John Dewey
Inspirational, Change, Integrity
John Dewey (2012). “Reconstruction in Philosophy”, p.101, Courier Corporation

The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to all the members of a society except where intercourse of man with man is mutual, and except where there is adequate provision for the reconstruction of social habits and institutions by means of wide stimulation arising from equitably distributed interests. And this means a democratic society.

John Dewey
Change, Education, Mean
John Dewey (2012). “Democracy and Education”, p.96, Courier Corporation

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

John Dewey
Change, Creativity, Science
The Quest for Certainty Ch. 11

Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed.

John Dewey
Change, Education, Memories
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Ralph Ross (2008). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920”, p.146, SIU Press

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