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Sydney J. Harris

Happiness is a direction, not a place.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS

Being Direction Happiness Happy Place
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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Children Men Philosophy
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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Cases Men Money
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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Always Done Loser Way
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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Average Car Progress
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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Acceptance Assuming Tolerance
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.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS

Confidence Relationship Self Esteem
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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Enemy Lovers Time Love
Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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Educated Looks People
Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder – and turn quickly to my typewriter.
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Morning Staring Typewriters
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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Enemy Progress Stagnation
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
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Math Real Technology
Making out an invitation list for a party brings out the worst in everyone. It is then that our most ruthless estimates of the people we know come into play.
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Estimated Party People Play Worst
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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Discomfort Middle Partisan
Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS

Discovery Tools Truth
Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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Imagination Imagine World

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