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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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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...

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...

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,...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

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...

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

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...

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,...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine