Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason fo…

- George H. Mead

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

- George H. Mead

Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this set of data call for h…

- George H. Mead

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

- George H. Mead

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

- George H. Mead

Society is unity in diversity.

- George H. Mead

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes a…

- George H. Mead

Man lives in a world of meaning.

- George H. Mead

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

- George H. Mead