There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves
MARGARET MEADI have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
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Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back.
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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.
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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
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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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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
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To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
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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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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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Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.
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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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In almost any society I think, the quality of the nonconformists is likely to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.
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