The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. — John Dewey. American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952) Decisions
Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.
It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing. We find it easier to add a new study or course or kind of school than to recognize existing conditions so as to meet the need.
Reason is experimental intelligence, conceived after the pattern of science, and used in the creation of social arts; it has something to do. It liberates man from the bondage of the past, due to ignorance and accident hardened into custom. It projects a better future and assists man in its realization.
Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.