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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“A scientist is a man who can be responsible for his own mistakes.”

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

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

“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 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.”

“It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness.”

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

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

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