“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
“Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.”
Ruth Benedict“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“Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.”
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.”
Ruth Benedict“The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.”
Ruth Benedict“Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.”
Ruth Benedict“The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.”
Ruth Benedict“The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.”
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