One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise...

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise...

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 bashful are always aggressive at heart.

The bashful are always aggressive at heart.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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.