The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate.
Charles Horton CooleyCould anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?
Charles Horton CooleyKindliness seems to exist primarily as an animal instinct, so deeply rooted that mental degeneracy, which works from the top down,does not destroy it until the mind sinks to the lower grades of idiocy.
Charles Horton CooleyThere is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.
Charles Horton Cooley