Margaret Mead

"The freedom that women are supposed to enjoy makes the actual legal restrictions and lack of freedom a more poignant and ambiguous thing."

"Knowledge is not power. Only what we do with knowledge makes it powerful."

"Our eating habits are not instinctive. We learn to find disgusting what we have been taught to find disgusting."

"The position of women in any civilization is an index of the civilization's advancement."

"Man is the only creature that has the ability to reshape his own environment and to make long-term plans."

"No one will ever win the battle of the sexes because there is too much fraternizing with the enemy."

"The natural rhythm of human life is rhythm of contentment and discontent."

"We are all the result of the cultures we grew up in."

"The young generation knows how to make money, but not how to live."

"In every known human culture, the young are trained to take on adult roles."

"Our daughters may not aspire to wear a crown, but every American girl will aspire to the privilege of self-determination."

"As the young grow up, they become aware of the tremendous diversity in how people live."

"The way your parents raised you is the way you parent, unless you make conscious effort to change it."

"We must recognize that, in our culture, courage is being ourselves."

"Individuality is the most valued thing in Western culture."

"Coming of age in the modern world is far more complex than it was in ancient cultures."

"We are limited by the language we speak."

"The technology we create becomes part of our environment and shapes us in return."

"Love is the bridge between two hearts that understand each other without words."

"A peaceful society is one where creativity flourishes."

"The artist is the person who can make something out of nothing."

"We learn who we are through relationships with others."

"The study of other cultures is the study of human possibility."

"Success is not measured by what you have, but by what you've learned."

"Memory is the treasure house of the mind."

"The greatest gift we can give our children is our attention."

"Hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today."

"Patience is not the absence of action, but action without haste."

"True strength lies in admitting weakness."

"Fear is the enemy of freedom."