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Charles Horton Cooley
In most cases...
In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a...
By recognizing a...
By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your...
There is no...
There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular...
The need to...
The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in...
A man may...
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will...
A talent somewhat...
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than...
A person of...
A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He...
Each man must...
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...
So far as...
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as...
There is hardly...
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some...
Could anything be...
Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of...
The bashful are...
The bashful are always aggressive at heart.
Source: Human Nature and the Social...
It is surely...
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on...
To have no...
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine,...
The general fact...
The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by...
To get away...
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...
The mind is...
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.
We are born...
We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the...
If we divine...
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and...
To cease to...
To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.
Source: Human Nature and the Social...