Many instructional arrangements seem "contrived," but there is nothing wrong with that. It is the teacher's function to contrive conditions under which students learn. 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.

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.

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

Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.

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.