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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.

Margaret Mead

We – mankind – stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device – our consciousness of the crisis – as our unique contribution.
MARGARET MEAD

Consciousness Crisis Evolution Kind Man Ourselves Unique
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
MARGARET MEAD

Beyond Children Development Life Style Live Ourselves People Resource
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
MARGARET MEAD

Change Diet Himself Man Religion
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price
The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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Enough Knowledge Known People Problem
Through a grandmother’s voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.
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Beginning End Hands Life Voice
Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Afraid Along Man Woman
‎ When a person is born we rejoice, and when they’re married we jubilate, but when they die we try to pretend nothing has happened.
MARGARET MEAD

Born Death Marriage Person Pretend Try
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Care Earth Moon Ourselves Photograph Planet Realize
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Help Invention People Time
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
MARGARET MEAD

Conversation Deep Evolution Human Species
Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
MARGARET MEAD

Calendar Day Harmony History Holy Nature Transcend
What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
MARGARET MEAD

Awareness Capability Human Love Sexual Wide
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
MARGARET MEAD

Death Myself Retirement
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Afford Class Gift Human National Need Neglect Origin Race Sex
I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being.
MARGARET MEAD

Act Biology Human Myself Realize

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