We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
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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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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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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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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder – and turn quickly to my typewriter.
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If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems.
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There is no such thing as an “atrocity” in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
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Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
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The 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.
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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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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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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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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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