Quotes by Cooley, Charles Horton

No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there >>

We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward ma >>

The bashful are always aggressive at heart. >>

Quotations about Duty

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability >>

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, a >>

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through actio >>

When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty.

Cooley, Charles Horton