The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
SYDNEY J. HARRISElitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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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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Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.
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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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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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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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Atheism, on the other hand, is as unyielding and dogmatic about religious belief as true believers are about heathens. It tries to use reason to demolish a structure that is not built upon reason.
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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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More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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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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Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
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Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
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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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As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.
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