The assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren’t different, perhaps more so.
MARGARET MEADBlackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
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No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.
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If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
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One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
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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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We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.
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There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
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[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
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An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.
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The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
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Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
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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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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
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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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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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