Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.
Margaret MeadThe way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
Margaret MeadAn occupation that has no basis in sex-determined gifts can now recruit its ranks from twice as many potential artists.
Margaret MeadWhere we choose to put our attention changes our brain, which in time can change how we see and interact with the world.
Margaret MeadWhen human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed.
Margaret Mead