It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
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.
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.
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.
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?
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.
No matter how many communes anybody invents the family always creeps back.
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
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...
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.
Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.