Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“What we are looking for, I am afraid, is neither a true leader nor a true Messiah, but a false Messiah -… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Achieving the good life is more a matter of being than of doing or giving. It calls for intense self-scrutiny, a relentless… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that an immense number of people who have children should not have them, and do not particularly want them,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices.… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Confidence, once lost or betrayed, can never be restored again to the same measure; and we learn too late in life that… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“When a man's position in life depends upon his having a certain opinion, that's the opinion he will have.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
