The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake..

It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have l….

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eterna….

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never ….

My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma.

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics..

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has pass….

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present..

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the r….

Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and de….

The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment..

Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses us with the relative….

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom.

I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have help….

Anthropology has reached that point of development where the careful investigation of facts shakes our firm belief in the far-reaching theories that ….

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do no….

The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by a….

It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, a….

In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish politi….

I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.