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Quote by Edward Thorndike
Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of

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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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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Education
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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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Food
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The real difference between a mans scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge. – Edward Thorndike

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I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them. – Antonio Banderas

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Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. – Josh Billings

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