Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved, a pattern within which men must learn, in return for a variety of elaborate rewards, new forms in which sexual spontaneity is still possible, and women must learn to discipline their receptivity to a thousand other considerations.

Margaret Mead's Popular Quotes

There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children... with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention…

- Margaret Mead

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.

- Margaret Mead

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

- Margaret Mead

in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman.

- Margaret Mead

We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.

- Margaret Mead

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

- Margaret Mead

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

- Margaret Mead

Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them a…

- Margaret Mead

I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.

- Margaret Mead