A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

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A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure...

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure...

The bashful are always aggressive at heart.

The bashful are always aggressive at heart.

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...

Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not...

Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not...

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...

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.

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...

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of...

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of...

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...

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...

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.

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great...

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great...

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...

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker;...

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker;...

Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much...

Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much...

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

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

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...

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...