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11 quotes
American behaviorist (1904–1990)
“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.”
"We shouldn't teach great books we should teach a love of reading."
on Education
"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do."
on Intelligence
"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."
on Resilience
"A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment."
on Psychology
"Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."
on Society
"I will be dead in a few months. But it hasn't given me the slightest anxiety or worry. I always knew I was going to die."
on Death
"The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount."
on Wisdom
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
"If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down."
on Politics
"If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment."
on Life
