black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Margaret Mead

in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
MARGARET MEAD

Culture Human Order Understand
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
MARGARET MEAD

Change Diet Himself Man Religion
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
MARGARET MEAD

Genuine Group Position Relation Society
Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
MARGARET MEAD

Fact Family Invention Mom Social
The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
MARGARET MEAD

Finding Human Meaning Need Reality Relationship Trust
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
MARGARET MEAD

Liberty Man Philosophy Time Woman
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
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
MARGARET MEAD

Believe Fierce Woman
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
MARGARET MEAD

Hard Work Learning Myself Value
My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
MARGARET MEAD

Education Goodness Myself Possible School
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
MARGARET MEAD

Healing Self Love Unique Yourself
Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized as a new problem which is only partly solved.
MARGARET MEAD

Children Learning Parents Problem Recognition Solution
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.
MARGARET MEAD

Behavior Coward Ethics Open Question
People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
MARGARET MEAD

Count Divorce Encouragement Knowledge Marriage People
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
MARGARET MEAD

Children Ideas Teaching Thinking
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

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Margaret Mead Quotes