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.

Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

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Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and...

Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and...

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes...

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes...

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance...

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance...

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or...

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or...

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

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

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

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

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through...

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through...

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression...

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression...

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind...

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind...

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the...

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the...

Institutions -- government, churches, industries, and the like -- have properly no other function than...

Institutions -- government, churches, industries, and the like -- have properly no other function than...

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of...

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of...

Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than...

Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than...

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which...

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which...

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

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

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and...