Five Quote by B. F. Skinner

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and rule the…

— Robert M. Pirsig

To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation.

— Anthony Quayle

Man knows much more than he understands.

— Alfred Adler

“Once a man has found himself there is nothing in this world that he can lose. And once he has understood the humanity in…

— Stefan Zweig

I do not believe that any man can adequately appreciate the world of to-day unless he has some knowledge of -- a little more…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

I have said that the modern man, and especially the modern American, however much 'know-how' he may have, has very little 'know-what'

— Norbert Wiener

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until…

— F. H. Bradley

When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and…

— Hasan of Basra

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld