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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. Edward Thorndike

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Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. Edward Thorndike

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Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable. Edward Thorndike

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There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. Edward Thorndike

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To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind. Edward Thorndike

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. Edward Thorndike

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So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act. Edward Thorndike

Animal Situation Finally Only Performs Fitting Act

A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges our vision, perception, and there's great value in that. Edward de Bono

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Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. Edward de Bono

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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity. Edward de Bono

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People should realize we're jerks just like them. Edward de Bono

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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. Edward de Bono

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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. Edward de Bono

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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. Edward de Bono

Perception Joke Important Think Changing Way Switch

There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous. Edward de Bono

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For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Love Love Is Possess Only Take The Only Thing Us Really Keep Thing

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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