It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.

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.

To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.

The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.

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.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.

Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.