It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street it couldn't be anywhere but Canada but how can I prove it?
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust...
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
No matter how many communes anybody invents the family always creeps back.
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.