Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world. Margaret Mead More Quotes by Margaret Mead More Quotes From Margaret Mead We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world. Margaret Mead future inspirational children If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter. Margaret Mead wall intelligent peace If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Mead women diversity history An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift Margaret Mead ideals humans culture What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children. Margaret Mead romantic-love husband children We must have...a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust. Margaret Mead groups adults children There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest. Margaret Mead zest creative world A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Margaret Mead thoughtful change people Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference. Margaret Mead passionate differences government Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, 'Go to sleep by yourselves.' And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help. Margaret Mead independent sleep children My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible. Margaret Mead grandmother learning school Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes. Margaret Mead injustice flesh stuff Everybody's suffering is mine but not everybody's murdering ... I do not distinguish for one moment whether my child is in danger or a child in central Asia. But I will not accept responsibility for what other people do because I happen to belong to that nation or that race or that religion. I do not believe in guilt by association. Margaret Mead responsibility believe children I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. Margaret Mead congratulations success motivational 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. Margaret Mead acceptance children sex One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night. Margaret Mead family relationship life For Immanuel Kant, the term anthropology embraced all the human sciences, and laid the foundation of familiar knowledge we need, to build solidly grounded ideas about the moral and political demands of human life. Margaret Mead saw mid-twentieth-century anthropology as engaged in a project no less ambitious than Kant's own, and her Terry Lectures on Continuities in Cultural Evolution provide an excellent point to enter into her reflections. Margaret Mead political reflection ideas I have been accused of having believed when I wrote Sex and Temperament that there are no sex differences... This, many readers felt, was too much. It was too pretty. I must have found what I was looking for. But this misconception comes from a lack of understanding of what anthropology means, of the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder, that which one would not have been able to guess. Margaret Mead air listening science The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams. Margaret Mead effort winning men Anthropology... has always been highly dependent upon photography... As the use of still photography - and moving pictures - has become increasingly essential as a part of anthropological methods, the need for photographers with a disciplined knowledge of anthropology and for anthropologists with training in photography has increased. We expect that in the near future sophisticated training in photography will be a requirement for all anthropologists. (1962) Margaret Mead training photography moving
