Standardized personality differences between the sexes are of this order, cultural creations to which each generation, male and female, is trained to… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father's advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
