Nathaniel Branden Quotes
In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.
Branden, Nathaniel. The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem. Bantam Books, 1994, p. 18.
This quotation from the great educator is frequently used in the argument over testing in schools which measure in large part the transmission of knowledge. This was especially true in the “No Child Left Behind Program of the George W. Bush Administration.
Nathaniel Branden was a Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A former associate and romantic partner of Ayn Rand, Branden also played a prominent role in the 1960s in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Rand and Branden split acrimoniously in 1968, after which Branden focused on developing his own psychological theories and modes of therapy.