All Ruth Benedict Quotes
- The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers. Aging
- The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. Anthropology
- A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. Actively
- 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… Custom
- I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. Feminist
- 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… According
- We grow in time to trust the future for our answers. Aging
- In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race have… All
- The peoples of the earth are one family. Diversity
- I haven't strength of mind not to need a career. Career
- The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and… All
- Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. Dies
- Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude. Actively
- I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. Always Used
- The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training. Bodies
- The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community Accommodation
- 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… All
- Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex Biologically
- I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. Gambled
- As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use. Art
- Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior. Any
- Culture, with its processes and functions, is a subject upon which we need all the enlightenment we can achieve, and there is no direction in… Achieve
- What really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common. Binds
- Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known. Any
- Traditional Anglo-Saxon intolerance is a local and temporal culture trait like any other. Anglo