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Quotes by Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a renowned British-American anthropologist and humanist, born on July 28, 1905, in London, England. His scholarly journey, which spanned over seven decades, was marked by a fervent advocacy for the innate goodness of humanity and the importance of nurturance over nature. Montagu's influential writings, including "The Natural Superiority of Women" and "Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin," reshaped public understanding of human behavior and social dynamics. His legacy endures as a beacon of compassion and intellectual inquiry into what it means to be human.
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"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."
Ashley Montagu
"Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof."
Ashley Montagu"The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease."
Ashley Montagu
"One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success."
Ashley Montagu"There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring."
Ashley Montagu