Margaret Mead Quotes, Thoughts and images

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

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

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.

My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends in large measure upon how our children grow up today.

Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

Be who you really are, do what you want to do, to have what you really want.

There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren to be a full human being.

An ideal culture makes a place for every human gift.

We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.

No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence, in the end, is rewarded.

The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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

You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don't like.