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Edward Thorndike Quotes: Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
         

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.


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Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.



Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.

Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.



Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.

Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.



Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.

Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.



All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.

All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.



He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.

He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.



Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.



The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.



The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.



Whatever exists at all exists in some amount. To know it thoroughly involves knowing its quantity as well as its quality.

Whatever exists at all exists in some amount. To know it thoroughly involves knowing its quantity as well as its quality.





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To learn six subjects without remembering how they were learnt does nothing to ease the approach to a seventh

To learn six subjects without remembering how they were learnt does nothing to ease the approach to a seventh



Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.

Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.



Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.

Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.



By the time I was 7, I did walk-ons, catalogue modeling, you name it. In the Queens where I grew up, you didn't go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school.

By the time I was 7, I did walk-ons, catalogue modeling, you name it. In the Queens where I grew up, you didn't go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school.



Everyone has freedom to say whatever they want to say. I think it takes a stronger person to hold their tongue as opposed to speaking out.

Everyone has freedom to say whatever they want to say. I think it takes a stronger person to hold their tongue as opposed to speaking out.



1947 America blasted off.

1947 America blasted off.



[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.



Athena always, always has a plan.

Athena always, always has a plan.



I'm excited we can be part of making the death penalty history.

I'm excited we can be part of making the death penalty history.



It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured.

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