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Ruth Benedict quotes

American Scientist June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948

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Ruth Benedict quote: "I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me..."
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. Ruth Benedict
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "We grow in time to trust the future for our answers."
We grow in time to trust the future for our answers. Ruth Benedict
Japan likewise put her hopes of victory on a different basis from that prevalent in the United States. (...) Even when she was winning, her civilian statesmen, her High Command, and her soldiers repeated that this was no contest between armaments; it was pitting of our faith in things against their faith in spirit. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "I haven't strength of mind not to need a career."
I haven't strength of mind not to need a career. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for..."
I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. Ruth Benedict
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Ruth Benedict
The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists. Ruth Benedict
Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the..."
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. Ruth Benedict
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for..."
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. Ruth Benedict
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex."
Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex. Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict quote: "I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain..."
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. Ruth Benedict

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