One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley
Our individual lives cannot, generally, …
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley
Prudence and compromise are necessary me…
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley
We are born to action and whatever is ca…
We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley
When one ceases from conflict, whether b…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley