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Ruth Benedict quotes: Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority.

Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

Liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

Ruth Benedict quotes: I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

Ruth Benedict quotes: A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Ruth Benedict quotes: There are two kinds of opportunities: one which we chance upon, the other which we create.

There are two kinds of opportunities: one which we chance upon, the other which we create.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.

The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.

Ruth Benedict quotes: We do not see the lens through which we look.

We do not see the lens through which we look.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.

Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I lovenot this efficient, philanthropic self.

Oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I love
not this efficient, philanthropic self.

Ruth Benedict quotes: It is strange how long we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the only verity.

It is strange how long we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the only verity.

Ruth Benedict quotes: What really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common.

What really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common.

Ruth Benedict quotes: I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers

Ruth Benedict quotes: Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Ruth Benedict quotes: War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.

War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Ruth Benedict quotes: It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.

It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.

Ruth Benedict quotes: We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The peoples of the earth are one family.

The peoples of the earth are one family.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination.

Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination.

Ruth Benedict quotes: As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use.

As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use.

Ruth Benedict quotes: No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Ruth Benedict quotes: I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

Ruth Benedict quotes: I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Traditional Anglo-Saxon intolerance is a local and temporal culture trait like any other.

Traditional Anglo-Saxon intolerance is a local and temporal culture trait like any other.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

Ruth Benedict quotes: Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude.

Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.

Ruth Benedict quotes: The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.