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That’s all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

B. F. Skinner

Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
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Deep Destruction Genius Mad Men
Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code – a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren’t any right people.
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Community Difficult Hands Need People Right Success Wrong
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.
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Education Failure Give Up Inspirational Mistake Perseverance Reality Stop Try
A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he’s often sure he can find one. And that’s a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.
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Enjoyment Philosophy Science
Something doing every minute’ may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.
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Action Battle Boredom
No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn’t die out, it’s wiped out.
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Baby Curiosity Death Education Force Motivational Work
It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled.
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Control Freedom Improvement Issues Men Mistake
A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.
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Experience Music Pieces
If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
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Freedom Happiness Human Illusion Necessary
When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
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Control Himself Men
I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.
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Afraid Believe Death God Myself
Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.
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Blame Born Education Failure Live Ourselves Understand Way Wrong
Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.
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Age Country Enjoy
Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.
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Children Education Himself Myself
It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds.
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Change Effort Mindset Violence
When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
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Control Himself Men

That’s all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

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