I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to have performed… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It used to be when we said, ''til death do us part,' death parted us pretty soon. That's why marriages used to… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that… — 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
