Sydney J. Harris Quotes - Page 3

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• The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.

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  Independent, Dislike Someone, Independence

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

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• The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.

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  Jesus, Enemy, Would Be

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

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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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  Art, Knowing, Made

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

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• All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

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  Failure, Achievement, Risk

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• Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

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  Acceptance, Mediocrity, Merit

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

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• Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

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  Curiosity, Secret, Indifference

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “ON THE CONTRARY”

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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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  Couple, Divorce, Should Have

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• It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

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  Wall, Weak Will, Justice

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• Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.

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  Philosophy, Doctrine, Power Politics

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

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• A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how to be more fully a human being, how to draw upon one's resources, how to discipline the mind and expand the imagination; how to make some sense out of the big world we will shortly be thrown into.

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  Life, Learning, Discipline

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “ON THE CONTRARY”

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• Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?

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  Real, Knowing, People

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• Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

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  Children, Parent

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

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• The acceptance of ambiguity implies more than the commonplace understanding that some good things and some bad things happen to us. It means that we know that good and evil are inextricably intermixed in human affairs; that they contain, and sometimes embrace, their opposites; that success may involve failure of a different kind, and failure may be a kind of triumph.

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  Failure, Mean, Acceptance

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

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• The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel.

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  Tunnels, Light, Next

  Sydney J. Harris (1982). “Pieces of Eight”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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  Middle, Discomfort, Partisans

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

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• We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

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  Education, Responsibility, Parenting

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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.

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  Perseverance, Wall, Talent

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• Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

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  Truth, Discovery, Tools

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

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• Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.

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  Integrity, Evil, Looks

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “On the Contrary”

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• The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.

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  Mother, Children, Believe

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• We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious, elated or depressed is to give control of ourselves. The only true possession is self possession.

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  Attitude, Self, Giving

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• A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.

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  Leadership, Sports, Successful

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• An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

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  Love, Inspirational, Running

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

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• If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

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  Bible, Writing, Devil

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• American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.

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  Son, Careers, People

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “ON THE CONTRARY”

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