The prime lesson the social sciences can learn from the natural sciences is just this: that it is necessary to press on to find the positive conditions under which desired events take place, and that these can be just as scientifically investigated as can instances of negative correlation. This problem is beyond relativity.
Ruth BenedictThe mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct their lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings.they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.
Ruth BenedictIt is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.
Ruth BenedictI long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
Ruth BenedictThe heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.
Ruth Benedict