Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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.
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The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
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A loser says that’s the way it’s always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.
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Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
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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 truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
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Every rule in the book can be broken, except one – be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
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Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.
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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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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.
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The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
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It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
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