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The self is not something ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action Picture Quote #1

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not Picture Quote #1

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid Picture Quote #1

Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals Picture Quote #1

As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance Picture Quote #1

A possibility of continuing progress is opened up by the fact that in learning one act, methods are developed good for use in other situations. Still more important is the fact that the human being acquires a habit of learning. He learns to learn Picture Quote #1

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Family life may be marked by exclusiveness, suspicion, and jealousy as to those without, and yet be a model of amity and mutual aid within. Any education given by a group tends to socialize its members, but the quality and value of the socialization depends on the habits and aims of the group Picture Quote #1

Particularly it is true that a society which not only changes but which has the ideal of such change as will improve it, will have different standards and methods of education from one which aims simply at the perpetuation of its own customs Picture Quote #1

Education Proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws If the patterns of institutions, customs, and laws are broken for this philosophy education should fix itself. There should be several different things taught instead of one Supreme Factor Picture Quote #1

The ideal may seem remote of execution, but the democratic ideal of education is a farcical yet tragic delusion except as the ideal more and more dominates our public system of education Picture Quote #1

In order to have a large number of values in common, all the members of the group must have an equable opportunity to receive and to take from others. There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences Picture Quote #1

But after greater individualization on one hand, and a broader community of interest on the other have come into existence, it is a matter of deliberate effort to sustain and extend them Picture Quote #1

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The difference between play and what is regarded as serious employment should be not a difference between the presence and absence of imagination, but a difference in the materials with which imagination is occupied Picture Quote #1

The intellect is at home in that which is fixed only because it is done and over with, for intellect is itself just as much a deposit of past life as is the matter to which it is congenial. Intuition alone articulates in the forward thrust of life and alone lays hold of reality Picture Quote #1

But the individual butterfly or Earthquake remains just the unique existence which it is. We forget in explaining its occurrence that it is only the occurrence that is explained, not the thing itself Picture Quote #1

Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry Picture Quote #1

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal Picture Quote #1

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is wrong to his family. Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. And the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices Picture Quote #1

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Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others Picture Quote #1

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen Picture Quote #1

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise Picture Quote #1

Let us labor for that larger and larger comprehension of truth, that more and more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments Picture Quote #1

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care Picture Quote #1

If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education Picture Quote #1

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Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust Picture Quote #1

Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing Picture Quote #1

If you obtain provision for yourself of spiritual abundance, don't throw the surplus at people's heads; feed it back into your own industry as capital for the production of more abundance Picture Quote #1

The darkness around us might somewhat light up if we would first practice using the light we have in the place we are Picture Quote #1

A soul which is truly in earnest is not above disabling the body to discourage dangerous competition Picture Quote #1

It is not so much tutoring that the minds needs, but clearer recognition and better use of what it already knows Picture Quote #1

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The self is not something ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action (Us Quotes) Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not (Us Quotes) Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid (Us Quotes) Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals (Us Quotes) As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance (Us Quotes) A possibility of continuing progress is opened up by the fact that in learning one act, methods are developed good for use in other situations. Still more important is the fact that the human being acquires a habit of learning. He learns to learn (Us Quotes) Family life may be marked by exclusiveness, suspicion, and jealousy as to those without, and yet be a model of amity and mutual aid within. Any education given by a group tends to socialize its members, but the quality and value of the socialization depends on the habits and aims of the group (Us Quotes) Particularly it is true that a society which not only changes but which has the ideal of such change as will improve it, will have different standards and methods of education from one which aims simply at the perpetuation of its own customs (Us Quotes) Education Proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws If the patterns of institutions, customs, and laws are broken for this philosophy education should fix itself. There should be several different things taught instead of one Supreme Factor (Us Quotes) The ideal may seem remote of execution, but the democratic ideal of education is a farcical yet tragic delusion except as the ideal more and more dominates our public system of education (Us Quotes) In order to have a large number of values in common, all the members of the group must have an equable opportunity to receive and to take from others. There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences (Us Quotes) But after greater individualization on one hand, and a broader community of interest on the other have come into existence, it is a matter of deliberate effort to sustain and extend them (Us Quotes) The difference between play and what is regarded as serious employment should be not a difference between the presence and absence of imagination, but a difference in the materials with which imagination is occupied (Us Quotes) The intellect is at home in that which is fixed only because it is done and over with, for intellect is itself just as much a deposit of past life as is the matter to which it is congenial. Intuition alone articulates in the forward thrust of life and alone lays hold of reality (Us Quotes) But the individual butterfly or Earthquake remains just the unique existence which it is. We forget in explaining its occurrence that it is only the occurrence that is explained, not the thing itself (Us Quotes) Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry (Us Quotes) Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal (Us Quotes) A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is wrong to his family. Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. And the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices (Us Quotes) Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others (Us Quotes) Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen (Us Quotes) Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise (Us Quotes) Let us labor for that larger and larger comprehension of truth, that more and more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments (Us Quotes) Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care (Us Quotes) If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education (Us Quotes) Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust (Us Quotes) Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing (Us Quotes) If you obtain provision for yourself of spiritual abundance, don't throw the surplus at people's heads; feed it back into your own industry as capital for the production of more abundance (Us Quotes) The darkness around us might somewhat light up if we would first practice using the light we have in the place we are (Us Quotes) A soul which is truly in earnest is not above disabling the body to discourage dangerous competition (Us Quotes) It is not so much tutoring that the minds needs, but clearer recognition and better use of what it already knows (Us Quotes)

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