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 MEADEarth 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
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We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
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A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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No 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.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Don’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
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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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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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Laughter is man’s most distinctive emotional expression. Man shares the capacity for love and hate, anger and fear, loyalty and grief, with other living creatures. But humour, which has an intellectual as well as an emotional element belongs to man
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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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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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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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