And to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.
SYDNEY J. HARRISA university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how to be more fully a human being, how to draw upon one’s resources, how to discipline the mind and expand the imagination; how to make some sense out of the big world we will shortly be thrown into.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get psychic nutrition from their resentments, and would waste away purposelessly without them.
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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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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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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
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No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his “philosophy of life” until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Many married couples separate because they quarrel incessantly, but just as many separate because they were never honest enough or courageous enough to quarrel when they should have.
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An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter.
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The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
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When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
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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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