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Quote by Margaret Mead
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of etern

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. – Margaret Mead

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The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair. – Margaret Mead

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Liberalism
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Margaret Mead
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. – Margaret Mead

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Family
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Margaret Mead
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Fear
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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. – Natan Sharansky

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Fear

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. – Mary McCarthy

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Fear

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie

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Fear

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. – Ramakrishna

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Fear

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The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. – Laura Schlessinger

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Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. – Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

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