Religion Quotes by John Dewey

The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss…

— John Dewey

There is no god and there is no soul. Hence, there is no need for the props of traditional religion. With dogma…

— John Dewey

Criticism of the commitment of religion to the supernatural is thus positive in import.

— John Dewey

Religions have been universal in the sense that all the people we know anything about have had a religion. But the differences…

— John Dewey

To me faith means not worrying.

— John Dewey

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful…

— John Dewey

We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the…

— John Dewey

“Men have gone on to build up vast intellectual schemes, philosophies, and theologies, to prove that ideals are not real as ideals…

— John Dewey

The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this…

— John Dewey

Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things.

— John Dewey

“have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could…

— John Dewey

Intellectually religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.

— John Dewey

The future of religion is connected with the possibility of developing a faith in the possibilities of human experience and human relationships…

— John Dewey

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to…

— John Dewey

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively…

— John Dewey

For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are a thousand to offer thanks that they…

— John Dewey

The scientific-religious conflict ultimately is a conflict between allegiance to this method and allegiance to even an irreducible minimum of belief so…

— John Dewey

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot…

— John Dewey