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Edward Thorndike Quotes: 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.


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

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



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 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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Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

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Why didn't Eternity have this deformed age aborted ? Its birthmark is the stamp of a newspaper, its medium is printer's ink, and in its veins flows ink.

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The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.

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We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable for everyone.

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One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.

One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.



O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.

O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.




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