we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
MARGARET MEADHome, I learned, can be anywhere you make it. Home is also the place to which you come back again and again.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
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Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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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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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
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The people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
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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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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
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Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.
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Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.
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