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.
MARGARET MEADFor the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
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Humanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
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You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don’t like.
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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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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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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 negative cautions of science are never popular.
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