In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.
Ashley MontaguFor the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.
Ashley MontaguOne goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.
Ashley MontaguHuman communication, 'as the saying goes, is a clash of symbols' it covers a multitude of signs. But it is more than media and messages, information and persuasion; it also meets a deeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of community. It is, in short, the essential human connection.
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