Margaret Mead Quotes

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.

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

WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.

The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual.

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

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

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.

Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.