The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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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...

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

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...

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...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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

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

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

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

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...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

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...

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...