“The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
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Category: society
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An artist cannot fail; it is a
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
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An artist cannot fail; it is a
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: art
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Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works
“Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: art
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So far as discipline is concerned, freedom
“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
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: freedom
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Institutions – government, churches, industries, and the
“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
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: freedom
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Every general increase of freedom is accompanied
“Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: freedom
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Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works
“Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: society
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Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have
“Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.”
— Charles Horton Cooley
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: failure
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Institutions – government, churches, industries, and the
“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
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
Category: government
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