The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his own self.

One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.

Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.

The drive to learn is as strong as the sexual drive. It begins earlier and lasts longer

Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.

Viewing movies in very slow motion, looking for synchrony, one realizes that what we know as dance is really a slowed-down, stylized version of what human beings do whenever they interact.

It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too great and there is not the time to constantly take things apart and examine them.