Ashley Montagu

“To be human is to weep. The human species is the only one in the whole world of animate nature that sheds tears.”

“The educated man is the man who is able to do something he has never done before.”

“The idea of 'race' is a man-made myth.”

“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”

“Freedom is the exercise of the discipline of responsibility.”

“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.”

“Human beings are the only creatures that are able to be inhuman to their own kind.”

“A problem is a question that hasn't been answered. Once it's answered, it's no longer a problem.”

“The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.”

“The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.”

“The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.”

“The ability to 'see' is the first step toward enrichment of life.”

“We are not born with the ability to love; we have to learn it.”

“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 fact is that the theory of evolution is the only theory that can explain the facts of life.”

“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”

“The object of life is to die young as late as possible.”

“The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family—and a society—what it is.”

“Girls are superior to boys in every way that counts.”

“The idea of 'race' is a man-made myth, and has been used to justify some of the most heinous crimes in human history.”