Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
SYDNEY J. HARRISMost of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
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.
SYDNEY J. HARRISGood teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
SYDNEY J. HARRISWe truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
SYDNEY J. HARRISIt’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.” —
SYDNEY J. HARRISYou may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
SYDNEY J. HARRISWhen we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
SYDNEY J. HARRISEvery rule in the book can be broken, except one – be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
SYDNEY J. HARRISTime is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
SYDNEY J. HARRISUsually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject.
SYDNEY J. HARRISA man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
SYDNEY J. HARRISHonesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS