For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
MARGARET MEADThe 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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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Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Humanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
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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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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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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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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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