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Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences of one's past and present acts.

Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences of one's past and present acts.

John Dewey
Past, Discipline, Effort
John Dewey (2015). “Reconstruction in Philosophy: Top American Authors”, p.47, 谷月社

There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction.

John Dewey
Intelligent, Discipline, Development
John Dewey (1998). “Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.114, Kappa Delta Pi

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
Essence, Discipline, Confusion
John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education: Top American Authors”, p.98, 谷月社

A narrow and moralistic view of morals is responsible for the failure to recognize that all the aims and values which are desirable in education are themselves moral. Discipline, natural development, culture, social efficiency, are moral traits - marks of a person who is a worthy member of that society which it is the business of education to further.

John Dewey
Views, Discipline, Development
John Dewey (2012). “Democracy and Education”, p.344, Courier Corporation

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