Sydney J. Harris Quotes

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• The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Country, Attitude, War

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Damage Is Done, History Repeats Itself, Cunning

  Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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  Graduation, Education, Wall

  Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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• The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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• Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams.
  Happiness is a direction, not a place.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Dream, Follow Your Dreams, Boundaries

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Funny, Change

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• The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Real, Math, Technology

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• When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Education, Dark, Mirrors

  Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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• The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.

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  Mom, Children, Memories

  Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Mother, Father, Parent

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “Leaving the Surface”

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• Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Money, Men, Cases

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• At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Teaching, Fire, Inspire

  Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

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• Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Perseverance, Wall, Talent

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Men, Thinking, Ideas

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

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  Communication, Two, Giving

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• Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Inspirational, Maturity, Feelings

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• If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

  Sydney J. Harris

  Wisdom, Anger, Power

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Average, Car, Progress

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Middle, Discomfort, Partisans

  Sydney J. Harris (1972). “For the Time Being”

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• There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Voting, Democracy, Republican

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Men, Advice, Mind

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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.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Acceptance, Endure, Terrible

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “Leaving the Surface”

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• A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Done, Way, Loser

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “Leaving the Surface”

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