You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
MARGARET MEADYou just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
MARGARET MEADThe assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.
MARGARET MEADAnd when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
MARGARET MEADThere is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.
MARGARET MEADOur first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
MARGARET MEADMotherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
MARGARET MEADEven though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
MARGARET MEADSomehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and provide a sense of the future.
MARGARET MEADBetween friends there is no bribery. The relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
MARGARET MEADThe most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual.
MARGARET MEADSometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
MARGARET MEADWomen want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEADI was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
MARGARET MEADWe 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.
MARGARET MEADOne of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
MARGARET MEADParents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
MARGARET MEAD