B.F. Skinner

We don't need to punish people for bad behavior, we need to reinforce good behavior.

The only thing that stands in the way of a better world is our own ignorance.

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

The greatest danger to freedom is a society that believes it is free.

The only way to learn is by doing.

Behavior is a function of its consequences.

The world would be a much better place if we all behaved like pigeons.

The mind is not a thing, but a process.

We are not free to choose, but we are free to be chosen.

The only way to change the world is to change the way people behave.

The ultimate test of a theory is its ability to predict and control.

The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to speak, and even that is learned behavior.

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

The problem is not to get rid of the ego, but to get rid of the conditions that produce it.

The way in which we think about the causes of human behavior has a profound effect on our behavior.

The organism is not empty; it is full of the effects of its history.

We are not free to choose; we are free to be reinforced.

The future of man is in his own hands, not in the hands of some external power.

The problem is not to find the meaning of life, but to find the conditions under which life is meaningful.

The ultimate goal of science is not to understand the world, but to change it.