Margaret Mead

The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.

The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

The human heart has a way of making itself large enough to embrace all of life's challenges.

I have been married three times and I have had three children. I have also had three careers. I have been a wife, a mother, and an anthropologist. I have tried to do all three well.

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.

We are living in a world that is changing so fast that we cannot afford to be afraid of change.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to be afraid of change.

The assumption that men and women are different is a cultural construct.

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must understand the role that the diversity of human temperament and cultural forms plays in the development of civilization.

The way in which a society brings up its children is the most important thing about that society.

The family is the basic unit of society, and it is in the family that we learn how to be human.

The only way to change the world is to change the way people think.

We must recognize that the world is not a collection of separate cultures, but a single human culture.

The most important thing about a culture is the way it treats its children.

The future of the world depends on how we educate our children.

We must teach our children to be critical thinkers, not just passive recipients of information.