Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

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

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

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

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

The Revolution has grown cold; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.

How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.

For forty days he went out into the desert - and never shot anything [on Jesus]

Success isn't something that occurs. Success is something that you create

Some things were made to be felt

My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.