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

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.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

Science, not religion, has taught me my most useful values, among them intellectual honesty. It is better to go without answers than to accept those that merely resolve puzzlement.

A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.

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

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