Human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
MARGARET MEADHuman beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through pleasure and delight.
MARGARET MEADThe pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one’s mind.
MARGARET MEADA 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.
MARGARET MEADWarfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
MARGARET MEADI do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
MARGARET MEADA city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.
MARGARET MEADDon’t depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that’s what makes the difference.
MARGARET MEADThere is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
MARGARET MEADOf course we need children! Adults need children in their lives to listen to and care for, to keep their imagination fresh and their hearts young and to make the future a reality for which they are willing to work.
MARGARET MEADI learned the value of hard work by working hard.
MARGARET MEADWe have nowhere else to go, this is all we have.
MARGARET MEADI was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
MARGARET MEADWomen want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEADThere is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children… with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.
MARGARET MEADAn education not founded on Art will never succeed.
MARGARET MEADNever underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
MARGARET MEAD