All of us have many habits of whose import we are quite unaware, since they were formed without our knowing what we were about. Consequently they possess us, rather than we them. They move us; they control us. Unless we become aware of what they accomplish, and pass judgment upon the worth of the result, we do not control them.


The Middle Works, 1899-1924 (ed. SIU Press, 1980) - ISBN: 9780809309337

John Dewey Quotes

All of us have many habits of whose import we are quite unaware, since they were formed without our knowing what we were about. Consequently they...

All of us have many habits of whose import we are quite unaware, since they were formed without our knowing what we were about. Consequently they...

All of us have many habits of whose import we are quite unaware, since they were formed without our knowing what we were about. Consequently they...

All of us have many habits of whose import we are quite unaware, since they were formed without our knowing what we were about. Consequently they...