No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.
MARGARET MEADNo one will live all his life in the world into which he was born and no one will die in the world in which he worked in his maturity.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.
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A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture.
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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
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You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
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We – mankind – stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device – our consciousness of the crisis – as our unique contribution.
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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.
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Today’s children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.
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You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
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I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
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Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
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It used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
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Where we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
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What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is – something that we must hold in our arms and care for.
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The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
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