31 Quotes by Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and author who was known for his work in the fields of human sexuality and race. He wrote over 60 books during his lifetime, including "The Natural Superiority of Women" and "Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race." Montagu was a vocal advocate for the abolition of racism and believed that scientific research could be used to combat prejudice and discrimination. He was also an important figure in the field of sex education and was known for his frank discussions of sexuality and sexual health. Montagu's work remains influential today, and he is remembered as an important thinker and social activist. (Bio)
Ashley Montagu Quotes
The idea is to die young as late as possible. (Meaning)
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. (Meaning)
The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.
The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask what they believe, just observe what they do.
The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.
The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.
The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken.
Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the person. As such, the teaching of love should be the central core of all early childhood curriculum with all other subjects growing naturally out of such teaching.
The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.
Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason.
Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.
The scientist believes in proof without certainty.
An intelligence that is not humane is the most dangerous thing in the world .
The way I change my life is to act as if I am the person I really want to be.
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.
It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle
It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable
It is the function of women to teach men how to be human.
I want to die young at a ripe old age.
The only measure of what you believe is what you do.
For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.
The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.
There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring.
Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.
The evidence indicates that woman is, on the whole, biologically superior to man.
To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom.
The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.
Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.
The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception.
Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.
Hatred is love frustrated.
― Ashley Montagu Quotes
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