In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.

The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science

My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma