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

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 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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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