24 quotes
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
“We only think when we are confronted with a problem.”
"Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home."
on Nature
"The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning."
on Learning
"Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results."
on Education
"To me faith means not worrying."
on Faith
"The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative."
"To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness."
on Happiness
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."
on Inspirational
"Confidence ... is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life."
on Courage
"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination."
on Imagination
"To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness."
"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes."
"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."
on Wisdom
"To the being of fully alive the future is not ominous but a promise it surrounds the present like a halo."
on Hope
"Time and memory are true artists they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire."
on Time
"A problem well-defined is a problem half solved."
"Education is not preparation for life education is life itself."
"Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living."
"The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education."
"Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues."
on Creativity
