Happiness is a direction, not a place.
SYDNEY J. HARRISAlmost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
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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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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
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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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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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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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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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Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith.
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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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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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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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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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A ‘penchant for telling the truth’ can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor’s wife.
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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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