The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives...

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives...

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one...

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself...

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself...

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is...

The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is...

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns...

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns...

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so...

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or...

Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or...