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.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can...

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different...

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each...

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what...

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what...

The best way to retain your clients or customers is to please them beyond their...

The best way to retain your clients or customers is to please them beyond their...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.