Author: 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

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

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

- Ruth Benedict

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.

- Ruth Benedict

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

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

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

- Ruth Benedict

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

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

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