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.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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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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If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.
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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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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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More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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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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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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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.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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Man’s unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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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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