There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.
Charles Horton CooleyThere is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.
Charles Horton CooleyPrudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Charles Horton CooleySociety is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my mind thinks about what your mind thinks about my mind. I dress my mind before you and expect that you will dress yours before mine. Whoever cannot or will not perform these feats is not properly in the game.
Charles Horton Cooley