Quotes by John Dewey

"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."
— John Dewey
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
— John Dewey
"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes."
— John Dewey
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John Dewey (/ˈduːi/; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the t...