Quotes by Cooley, Charles Horton

One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but >>

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but t >>

Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respect >>

Quotations about Simplicity

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that >>

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best >>

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications >>

Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil. To be normal, to be at home in the world, with a prospect of power, usefulness, or success, the person must have that imaginative insight into other minds that underlies tact and savoir-faire, morality and beneficence. This insight involves sophistication, some understanding and sharing of the clandestine impulses of human nature. A simplicity that is merely the lack of this insight indicates a sort of defect.

Cooley, Charles Horton