Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 8, 1929) was an American sociologist and the son of Thomas M.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. Use this quote
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
