Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving. -John Dewey

 

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.


-John Dewey
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This quote is just one of 18 total John Dewey quotes in our collection. John Dewey is known for saying 'Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Education is life itself.

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School is not preparation for life, but school is life.

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. -John Dewey
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We only think when we are confronted with a problem.

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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

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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
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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

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