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B. F. Skinner quotes about love

American Psychologist March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990

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B. F. Skinner quote: "What is love except another name for the use of positive..."
What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa. B. F. Skinner
In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can’t buy love with gifts or favors, you can’t hold love by raising an inadequate child, and you can’t be secure in love by serving as a good scrub woman or a good provider. B. F. Skinner
Promising paradise or threatening hell-fire is, we assumed, generally admitted to be unproductive. It is based upon a fundamental fraud which, when discovered, turns the individual against society and nourishes the very thing it tries to stamp out. What Jesus offered in return of loving one's enemies was heaven on earth, better known as peace of mind. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of..."
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. B. F. Skinner
We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression. B. F. Skinner

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