Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
SYDNEY J. HARRISAnd most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
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Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
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A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.
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The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.
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It’s odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which “I” is capitalized; in many other languages “You” is capitalized and the “i” is lower case.” —
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All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
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By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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