The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life but is life itself

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

It (modern philosophy) certainly exacts a surrender of all supernaturalism and fixed dogma and rigid institutionalism with which Christianity has been historically associated

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

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos

As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure