Margaret Mead Quotes about Humanity

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Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.

Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.

Margaret Mead

Lying, Men, Humanity

Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.250, Berghahn Books

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.

Margaret Mead

Humanity, Together, Woven

Margaret Mead (1975). “Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world”, William Morrow & Co

the task of each family is also the task of all humanity. This is to cherish the living, remember those who have gone before, and prepare for those who are not yet born.

Margaret Mead

Family, Humanity, Tasks

Margaret Mead (1965). “Family”