"Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities……" — Edward Thorndike
"Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature."
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28 Quotes by Edward Thorndike
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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
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All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.
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Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
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On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to…
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Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern…
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It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human…
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The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because…
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When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we…
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From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
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The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until…
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The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a…
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To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the…
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More Capacities Quotes
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Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication…
— Lois Capps
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
— Herbert Spencer
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to…
— George Gaylord Simpson
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The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full…
— Betty Friedan
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Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching…
— Hugh Mackay
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Dreaming illustrates your hidden capacities and your unawakened ability.
— Peter J. Daniels
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As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people -…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary…
— Eric Hoffer
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Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not…
— Ken Robinson
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Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to…
— Ken Robinson
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People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom…
— Eric Hoffer
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