The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. Ashley Montagu More Quotes by Ashley Montagu More Quotes From Ashley Montagu The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu happy being-happy happiness Any form of corporal punishment or 'spanking' is a violent attack upon another human being's integrity. The effect remains with the victim forever and becomes an unforgiving part of his or hier personality--a massive frustration resulting in a hostility which will seek expression in later life in violent acts towards others. The sooner we understand that love and gentleness are the only kinds of called-far behavior towards children, the better. The child, especially, learns to become the kind of human being that he or she has experienced. This should be fully understood by all caregivers. Ashley Montagu frustration integrity children Intellect without humanity is not good enough...what the world is suffering from at the present time is not so much an overabundance of intellect as an insufficiency of humanity. Ashley Montagu not-good-enough humanity time The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu motivational death kids The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time. Ashley Montagu dangerous race ideas The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken. Ashley Montagu The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. Ashley Montagu mental-illness systematic institutions The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask what they believe, just observe what they do. Ashley Montagu writing believe people Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the person. As such, the teaching of love should be the central core of all early childhood curriculum with all other subjects growing naturally out of such teaching. Ashley Montagu communication teaching love-is I want to die young at a ripe old age. Ashley Montagu age inspirational life The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit. All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all things whatsoever. Ashley Montagu evil animal people The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings. Ashley Montagu appreciate kings world By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. Ashley Montagu virtue development humanity The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone. Ashley Montagu loneliness together country Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals. Ashley Montagu pain eye animal For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value. Ashley Montagu survival behavior love-is The parallel between antifeminism and race prejudice is striking. The same underlying motives appear to be at work, namely fear, jealousy, feelings of insecurity, fear of economic competition, guilt feelings, and the like. Many of the leaders of the feminist movement in the nineteenth-century United States clearly understood the similarity of the motives at work in antifeminism and race discrimination and associated themselves with the anti slavery movement. Ashley Montagu feminist racism race Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason. Ashley Montagu nature names animal The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health. Ashley Montagu criteria mental-health play All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever. Ashley Montagu equality education life
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