Ashley Montagu

Quotes

• “The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.”
• “The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.”
• “Among both the Northern and Eastern Hamites are to be found some of the most beautiful types of humanity.”
• “And we begin to understand that the goal of life is to die young — as late as possible!”
• “The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.”
• “Bigotry and science can have no communication with each other, for science begins where bigotry and absolute certainty end. The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Let us never forget that tyranny most often springs from a fanatical faith in the absoluteness of one’s beliefs.”

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