10 Margaret Mead Quotes on Life

Margaret Mead quotes on life

2. To cherish the life of the world.

22. I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

25. I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

27. If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

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33. It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

34. I've been married three times- and each time I married the right person.

38. Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

40. No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.

43. Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

50. Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.