“Surrender of individuality by the many to someone who is taken to be a superindividual explains the retrograde movement of society.”— John Dewey, Time and Individuality (1940)Share
“Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.”— John DeweyShare
“Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.”— John DeweyShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
