Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
MARGARET MEADA 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.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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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.
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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
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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.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.
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In almost any society I think, the quality of the nonconformists is likely to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.
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Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.
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You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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What we lack is not so much leisure to do as time to reflect and time to feel. What we seldom “take” is time to experience the things that have happened, the things that are happening, the things that are still ahead of us.
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The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling. A man who fails to satisfy a woman is looked upon as a clumsy, inept blunderer.
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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.
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