Quote by Margaret Mead

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and te

Summary

This quote suggests that adults who believe they can fully comprehend the younger generation by reflecting on their own past experiences are mistaken. By assuming that their own youth is enough to understand and connect with today's youth, they are ultimately misguided. The quote implies that this mindset leads to a lack of true understanding and connection, implying that adults need to be open-minded and willing to engage with current youth culture in order to genuinely connect with the younger generation.

Topics

Age

By Margaret Mead

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.

Pablo Picasso, Quoted in: Jaime

Ideas

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else do

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

Albert Einstein

Happiness

I think if there's a great depression there might be some ho

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Hope

I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all

I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.

Positive

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

Money

Modeling, for me, was not fulfilling. I didn't see the point

Modeling, for me, was not fulfilling. I didn't see the point - although I was able to travel a great deal. I lived in Italy, Germany, and Spain, but I wasn't devoted to it.

Travel

I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being lau

I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.

Dad

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

Michel de Montaigne

Defeat

It is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defe

It is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than Nazis or Stalinists.

Christopher Hitchens

People Faith

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

Forgiveness

The best results are achieved by using the right amount of e

The best results are achieved by using the right amount of effort in the right place at the right time. And this right amount is usually less than we think we need. In other words, the less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be... the key to faster learning is to use appropriate effort. Greater effort can exacerbate faulty patterns of action. Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation. Learning something new often requires us to unlearn something old.

Learning

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson