Top 3 Present Life Quotes

Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.

Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.

Preparation, Mere, Present Life

John Dewey (1967). “The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1893-1894. Early essays and The study of Ethics, a syllabus”, p.50, SIU Press

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote over us, to re-create us in their history-based understanding, and dismiss our present lives as archaic and irrelevant to the times.

Paula Gunn Allen

Understanding, Used, Present Life

Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.125, Open Road Media