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~ Ruth Benedict Quotes ~
« on: September 08, 2015, 08:41:11 PM »
Ruth Benedict Quotes


An American anthropologist, cultural relativist, and folklorist.
Ruth Benedict (born Ruth Fulton, June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist, cultural relativist, and folklorist.

Here are some famous quotes by Ruth Benedict.




We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.
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Offline MysteRy

Re: ~ Ruth Benedict Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2015, 08:57:00 PM »
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2015, 08:57:59 PM »
The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2015, 09:05:46 PM »
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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Re: ~ Ruth Benedict Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2015, 09:08:17 PM »
Faith is the sturdiest the most manly of the virtues. It lies behind our pluckiest... strivings. It is the virtue of the storm just as happiness is the virtue of the sunshine.
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Re: ~ Ruth Benedict Quotes ~
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2015, 09:09:44 PM »
In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails why should one condemn oneself to live day in day out with people one does not like and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?
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