B. F. Skinner Quotes

“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.”

“Compare two people, one of whom has been crippled by an accident, the other by an early environmental history which makes him lazy and, when criticized, mean. Both cause great inconvenience to others, but one dies a martyr, the other a scoundrel.”

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

“If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.”

“The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.”

“The rat is always right.”

“We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.”

“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.”