Charles Horton Cooley

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and read more

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.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is read more

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.

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by read more

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views read more

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind read more

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.