There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due
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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.John Dewey
Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.
John Dewey
What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children.
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There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication. Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience to another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will find your own.
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Every thinker puts some portion of an apparently stable world in peril.
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When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious ideas, confusion and insincerity are bound to result
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