To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. Charles Horton Cooley admireceasedeterioration Change image and share on social
Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. Charles Horton Cooley backenlargefailure Change image and share on social
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 availconvictiondecorative share on social
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. Charles Horton Cooley factimaginationpeople Change image and share on social
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 criticismcriticizefresh Change image and share on social
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. Charles Horton Cooley accompanyattributabledegeneracy Change image and share on social
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 antagonismclasscountry share on social
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 ashamedbravecowardly share on social
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. Charles Horton Cooley artgenerallyindividual Change image and share on social
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 aspirationbackhero Change image and share on social