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Charles Horton Cooley Quotes

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general Picture Quote #1

Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble Picture Quote #1

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God Picture Quote #1

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide Picture Quote #1

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation Picture Quote #1

There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to “Americanize” him Picture Quote #1

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We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot Picture Quote #1

The thing that moves us to pride or shame is not the mere mechanical reflection of ourselves but the imagined effect of this reflection upon another’s mind Picture Quote #1

If youth is the period of hero-worship, so also is it true that hero-worship, more than anything else, perhaps, gives one the sense of youth. To admire, to expand one’s self, to forget the rut, to have a sense of newness and life and hope, is to feel young at any time of life Picture Quote #1

The actual God of many Americans... is simply the current of American life Picture Quote #1

To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change Picture Quote #1

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies Picture Quote #1

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The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation Picture Quote #1

Freedom is the opportunity for right development, for development in accordance with the progressive ideal of life that we have in conscience Picture Quote #1

Kindliness seems to exist primarily as an animal instinct, so deeply rooted that mental degeneracy, which works from the top down,does not destroy it until the mind sinks to the lower grades of idiocy Picture Quote #1

We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first Picture Quote #1

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational Picture Quote #1

The bashful are always aggressive at heart Picture Quote #1

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An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one Picture Quote #1

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration Picture Quote #1

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society Picture Quote #1

The more developed sexual passion, in both sexes, is very largely an emotion of power, domination, or appropriation. There is no state of feeling that says mine, mine, more fiercely Picture Quote #1

A person of mature years and ripe development, who is expecting nothing from literature but the corroboration and renewal of past ideas, may find satisfaction in a lucidity so complete as to occasion no imaginative excitement, but young and ambitious students are not content with it. They seek the excitement because they are capable of the growth that it accompanies Picture Quote #1

One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow Picture Quote #1

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Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies Picture Quote #1

A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun Picture Quote #1

Society is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my mind thinks about what your mind thinks about my mind. I dress my mind before you and expect that you will dress yours before mine. Whoever cannot or will not perform these feats is not properly in the game Picture Quote #1

To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it Picture Quote #1

It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach Picture Quote #1

To desire to be an artist is to desire to be a complete man in respect to some one function, to realize yourself utterly. A man is a poor thing who is content not to be an artist Picture Quote #1

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It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to “Americanize” him (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The thing that moves us to pride or shame is not the mere mechanical reflection of ourselves but the imagined effect of this reflection upon another’s mind (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) If youth is the period of hero-worship, so also is it true that hero-worship, more than anything else, perhaps, gives one the sense of youth. To admire, to expand one’s self, to forget the rut, to have a sense of newness and life and hope, is to feel young at any time of life (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The actual God of many Americans... is simply the current of American life. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Freedom is the opportunity for right development, for development in accordance with the progressive ideal of life that we have in conscience. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Kindliness seems to exist primarily as an animal instinct, so deeply rooted that mental degeneracy, which works from the top down,does not destroy it until the mind sinks to the lower grades of idiocy. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational. (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The bashful are always aggressive at heart (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The more developed sexual passion, in both sexes, is very largely an emotion of power, domination, or appropriation. There is no state of feeling that says mine, mine, more fiercely (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) A person of mature years and ripe development, who is expecting nothing from literature but the corroboration and renewal of past ideas, may find satisfaction in a lucidity so complete as to occasion no imaginative excitement, but young and ambitious students are not content with it. They seek the excitement because they are capable of the growth that it accompanies (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Society is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my mind thinks about what your mind thinks about my mind. I dress my mind before you and expect that you will dress yours before mine. Whoever cannot or will not perform these feats is not properly in the game (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To desire to be an artist is to desire to be a complete man in respect to some one function, to realize yourself utterly. A man is a poor thing who is content not to be an artist (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes)

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