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Margaret Mead quotes

American Scientist December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978

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as the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily , to appreciate more lovingly , our own. Margaret Mead
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. Margaret Mead
I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study primitive people; to be psychoanalyzed; to have a religious conversion and get over it; to have a psychotic episode and get over it; or to have a love affair with an old Russian. And I stopped saying that when a little dancer in the front row put up her hand and said, 'Does he have to be old? Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how..."
You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel. Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you..."
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. Margaret Mead
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. Margaret Mead
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Margaret Mead
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation. Margaret Mead
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers. Margaret Mead
As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "Many societies have educated their male children on the simple..."
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women. Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual..."
I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings. Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world...."
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead quote: "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world...."
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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