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Charles Horton Cooley
American Sociologist
Born: 1866
Died: 1928
Freedom Life Man Mind People Will
Related authors: C. Wright Mills Deborah Tannen Ivan Illich Matthew Desmond Samuel P. Huntington Talcott Parsons Thomas E. Mann William Julius Wilson
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
Man Eyes Mind Cowardly Other Seem Share Judgments Always Refined Brave Ashamed Straightforward Gross Evasive Presence Imagine Imagining
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. Charles Horton Cooley
People Society Solid Facts Another Which Imaginations
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
Work Tired Mind Own Suicide Mood Hopeful Criticize Except Never Fresh His Should
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
Life Great Natural Illusion Minds Seeing Variety Idea Obvious Doing Dull Going Place Means Things
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse. Charles Horton Cooley
Mind Hermit Hospitality Cell Intercourse Place
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
Eyes Reflection Live Waters Assurance Our See Tranquillity Which Social Beings
Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. Charles Horton Cooley
God Failure You Humanity Sometimes Fall Back Spirit
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
Government Freedom Other Churches Reconstruction Properly Wrong Fail Perform Like Institutions Industries Than Contribute Human Far Human Freedom Whole Function Need
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. Charles Horton Cooley
Genius World Mediocrity Too Rise Above More Somewhat Talent Likely Than Sensitive Shrewd
To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. Charles Horton Cooley
Admire Proof Deterioration Cease
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
Game Conflict Lost Cares Virtue Out More He Him Because Passes Ceases Won Whether
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. Charles Horton Cooley
Life Struggle Inordinate Record Self Passions Very Literature Social Largely Inner Inner Life
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
Travel Change Sense Self Environment Advantage Chief Get Often Working Away

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