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

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Youth Quotes

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

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

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

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

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...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

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...

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 must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

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...

Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many...

Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

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...

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...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your...

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your...