Social sympathy is the root of moral sentiment. - Charles Cooley

"Social sympathy is the root of moral sentiment."

Charles Cooley Kindness

Sociologist American 1864–1929

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"I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am."

"The looking-glass self is the sum of the impressions of how we appear to others."

"We live in the mind, in ideas, in imagination."

"Society is a relation among individuals."

"A good man treats his wife with respect."

"Kindness always comes back around."

"The power of a smile can change everything."

"Kindness is weakness to some. Not to me."