No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others. - Ruth Benedict
liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.
- Ruth Benedict
The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. - Ruth Benedict
The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. - Ruth Benedict
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. - Ruth Benedict
The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. F… - Ruth Benedict
The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. F…
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. - Ruth Benedict
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
We do not see the lens through which we look. - Ruth Benedict
We do not see the lens through which we look.
It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding. - Ruth Benedict
It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. - Ruth Benedict
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
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