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.

Quote by B F Skinner

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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things...

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things...

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might...

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might...

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and...

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and...