A Failure Is Not Always A Mistake,

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.

We Have Seen That In Certain Respects Operant Reinforcement Resembles The Natural Selection Of Evolutionary Theory. Just As Genetic Characteristics Which Arise As Mutations Are Selected Or Discarded By Their Consequences, So Novel Forms Of Behavior Are Selected Or Discarded Through Reinforcement.

If You're Old, Don't Try To Change Yourself, Change Your Environment.

Those Who Have Had Anything Useful To Say Have Said It Far Too Often, And Those Who Have Had Nothing To Say Have Been No More Reticent.

Indeed One Of The Ultimate Advantages Of An Education Is Simply Coming To The End Of It.