Charles Horton Cooley

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 imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.

Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.

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.

A talent somewhat above mediocrity shrewd and not too sensitive is more likely to rise in the world than genius which is apt to be perturbable and to wear itself out before fruition.

Faith in our associates is part of our faith in God.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh ... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.