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Charles Horton Cooley Quotes

Charles Horton Cooley quotes

American Sociologist

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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
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
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem..."
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. Charles Horton Cooley
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
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
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
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity..."
Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture. Charles Horton Cooley
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
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some..."
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. Charles Horton Cooley
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "The imaginations which people have of one another are the..."
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. Charles Horton Cooley
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "The bashful are always aggressive at heart."
The bashful are always aggressive at heart. Charles Horton Cooley
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
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality..."
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse. Charles Horton Cooley
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too..."
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. Charles Horton Cooley
Charles Horton Cooley quote: "Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man..."
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. Charles Horton Cooley

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