We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most… — 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… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a… — 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
People who won't help others in trouble "because they got into trouble through their own fault" would probably not throw a lifeline… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first… — 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
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
