No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back

Quote by Margaret Mead

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

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

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...

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week...

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week...

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...

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

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

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

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,...

Change is often rejuvenating, invigoration, fun... and necessary.

Change is often rejuvenating, invigoration, fun... and necessary.

When the music changes, so does the dance

When the music changes, so does the dance

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you...

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you...

So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds,...

So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds,...