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Charles Horton Cooley Quotes

Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt, because, having more continuity and purpose, it is more formidable Picture Quote #1

The social self is simply any idea, or system of ideas, drawn from the communicative life, that the mind cherishes as its own Picture Quote #1

To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition Picture Quote #1

One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed to him on every countenance by curiosity, indifference, aversion, or pity, and in so far as he is human enough to need free and equal communication and feel the lack of it, he suffers pain and loss of a kind and degree which others can only faintly imagine, and for the most part ignore Picture Quote #1

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point Picture Quote #1

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted Picture Quote #1

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Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction Picture Quote #1

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom 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

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory Picture Quote #1

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius Picture Quote #1

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it Picture Quote #1

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Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling Picture Quote #1

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise Picture Quote #1

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds Picture Quote #1

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self Picture Quote #1

The mind is not a hermit’s cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse Picture Quote #1

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles Picture Quote #1

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There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time Picture Quote #1

The human mind is indeed a cave swarming with strange forms of life, most of them unconscious and unilluminated. Unless we can understand something as to how the motives that issue from this obscurity are generated, we can hardly hope to foresee or control them Picture Quote #1

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self Picture Quote #1

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture Picture Quote #1

We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind Picture Quote #1

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him Picture Quote #1

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By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the keeping of another, of whose attitude you can never be certain. You have a new source of doubt and apprehension Picture Quote #1

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol Picture Quote #1

The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate Picture Quote #1

When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty Picture Quote #1

I is a militant social tendency, working to hold and enlarge its place in the general current of tendencies. So far as it can it waxes, as all life does. To think of it as apart from society is a palpable absurdity of which no one could be guilty who really saw it as a fact of life Picture Quote #1

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind Picture Quote #1

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Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt, because, having more continuity and purpose, it is more formidable (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The social self is simply any idea, or system of ideas, drawn from the communicative life, that the mind cherishes as its own (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed to him on every countenance by curiosity, indifference, aversion, or pity, and in so far as he is human enough to need free and equal communication and feel the lack of it, he suffers pain and loss of a kind and degree which others can only faintly imagine, and for the most part ignore (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom (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) A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The mind is not a hermit’s cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The human mind is indeed a cave swarming with strange forms of life, most of them unconscious and unilluminated. Unless we can understand something as to how the motives that issue from this obscurity are generated, we can hardly hope to foresee or control them (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the keeping of another, of whose attitude you can never be certain. You have a new source of doubt and apprehension (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) I is a militant social tendency, working to hold and enlarge its place in the general current of tendencies. So far as it can it waxes, as all life does. To think of it as apart from society is a palpable absurdity of which no one could be guilty who really saw it as a fact of life (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes) A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind (Charles Horton Cooley Quotes)

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