The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

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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...

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...

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...

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 bashful are always aggressive at heart.

The bashful are always aggressive at heart.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...