The Trouble Is Not That We Are

What Really Binds Men Together Is Their Culture, The Ideas And The Standards They Have In Common.

Western Civilization, Because Of Fortuitous Historical Circumstances, Has Spread Itself More Widely Than Any Other Local Group That Has So Far Been Known.

So Much Of The Trouble Is Because I Am A Woman. To Me It Seems A Very Terrible Thing To Be A Woman. There Is One Crown Which Perhaps Is Worth It All--a Great Love, A Quiet Home, And Children. We All Know That Is All That Is Worthwhile, And Yet We Must Peg Away, Showing Off Our Wares On The Market If We Have Money, Or Manufacturing Careers For Ourselves If We Haven't.

Society In Its Full Sense ... Is Never An Entity Separable From The Individuals Who Compose It. No Individual Can Arrive Even At The Threshold Of His Potentialities Without A Culture In Which He Participates. Conversely, No Civilization Has In It Any Element Which In The Last Analysis Is Not The Contribution Of An Individual.

The Life History Of The Individual Is First And Foremost An Accommodation To The Patterns And Standards Traditionally Handed Down In His Community