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An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift.

Margaret Mead

There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Elder Experience Young
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
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Believe Care Change People Power
Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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Breathe Effort Love
The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.
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Atmosphere Global Interdependence Key Symbol
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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Attention History Point Proper Space Togetherness World
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.
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Behavior Coward Ethics Open Question
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
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Ability Learning Old Teaching
What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
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Awareness Capability Human Love Sexual Wide
The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
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Adult Complication Curiosity Fascination Human Mindset Transformation Way
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Destroy Environment Society
‎ 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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Born Death Marriage Person Pretend Try
Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
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Afraid Along Man Woman
Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.
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Pay Possible Price
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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Attention Carry Children Community Husband Lover Need Romantic Time Willing World
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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Children Ideas Teaching Thinking

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