The need to find meaning is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
MARGARET MEADNever underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
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It used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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Our 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.
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You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
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In Bali life is a rhythmic, patterned unreality of pleasant, significant movement, centered in one’s own body to which all emotions long ago withdrew.
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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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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
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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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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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We have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
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Between 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.
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