--- title: "13 Persons Quotes By Sydney J. Harris" description: "13 Persons quotes by Sydney J. Harris. Plus more from Sydney J. Harris and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/sydney-j-harris-1578_decision_many-persons-of-high-intelligence-have-n_3199122.png" --- > [Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/many-persons-of-high-intelligence-have-notoriously-poor-judgement/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/sydney-j-harris-1578_decision_many-persons-of-high-intelligence-have-n_3199122.png) > [A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-truly-successful-person-knows-how-to-overcome-the-past-use-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/sydney-j-harris-1578_firsts_a-truly-successful-person-knows-how-to-o_2359868.png) > [People who won't help others in trouble "because they got into trouble through their own fault" would probably not throw a lifeline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/people-who-won-t-help-others-in-trouble-because-they-got-into-trouble/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/sydney-j-harris-1578_drowning_people-who-won-t-help-others-in-trouble_558630.jpg) > [Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/happiness-held-is-the-seed-happiness-shared-is-the-flower-a-truly/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/sydney-j-harris-1578_detours_happiness-held-is-the-seed-happiness-sha_2513458.jpg) > [It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/it-s-surprising-how-many-persons-go-through-life-without-ever/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/sydney-j-harris-1578_determined_it-s-surprising-how-many-persons-go-thro_1363459.png) > [What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/what-the-ordinary-person-means-by-a-miracle-is-some-gross-distortion/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/sydney-j-harris-1578_blades_what-the-ordinary-person-means-by-a-mira_516799.jpg) > [Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/real-loneliness-consists-not-in-being-alone-but-in-being-with-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/sydney-j-harris-1578_communication_real-loneliness-consists-not-in-being-al_2451107.png) > [People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/people-decline-invitations-when-they-are-indisposed-physically-and-i/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/sydney-j-harris-1578_decline_people-decline-invitations-when-they-are_980691.png) > [This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/this-is-a-lesson-mankind-has-not-yet-learned-we-identify-and-stratify/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/sydney-j-harris-1578_bases_this-is-a-lesson-mankind-has-not-yet-lea_85928.png) > [A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-person-is-either-himself-or-not-himself-is-either-rooted-in-his/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/sydney-j-harris-1578_child_a-person-is-either-himself-or-not-himsel_2253870.png) > [Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/usually-if-we-hate-it-is-the-shadow-of-the-person-that-we-hate-rather/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/sydney-j-harris-1578_attitude_usually-if-we-hate-it-is-the-shadow-of-t_1172460.png) > [We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/we-must-become-masters-of-our-own-actions-and-attitudes-to-let/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/sydney-j-harris-1578_action_we-must-become-masters-of-our-own-action_677686.png) > [If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/if-you-want-to-know-what-a-man-s-character-is-really-like-ask-him-to/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/sydney-j-harris-1578_admire_if-you-want-to-know-what-a-man-s-charact_1575833.png) ## Other authors on Persons ## More by Sydney J. Harris > [This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/this-is-a-lesson-mankind-has-not-yet-learned-we-identify-and-stratify/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/character-is-something-you-forge-for-yourself-temperament-is/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/middle-age-is-that-perplexing-time-of-life-when-we-hear-two-voices/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-profound-immoralities-of-our-time-are-cruelty-indifference/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/marriages-we-regard-as-the-happiest-are-those-in-which-each-of-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/it-calls-for-deciding-things-on-their-own-merit-not-because-you-read/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/ignorance-per-se-is-not-nearly-as-dangerous-as-ignorance-of-ignorance/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/patriotism-is-proud-of-a-country-s-virtues-and-eager-to-correct-its/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-cynic-is-not-merely-one-who-reads-bitter-lessons-from-the-past-his/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/time-is-love-above-all-else-it-is-the-most-precious-commodity-in-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/just-about-the-only-interruption-we-don-t-object-to-is-applause/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-cynic-is-goodhearted-beneath-his-facade-whereas-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/any-philosophy-that-can-be-put-in-a-nutshell-belongs-there/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“Like all persecuted minority groups, they strike back by forming cabals, by “taking over” certain spheres of activity (in the arts, for instance), and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/like-all-persecuted-minority-groups-they-strike-back-by-forming/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/intolerance-is-the-most-socially-acceptable-form-of-egotism-for-it/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persons/sydney-j-harris/#itemlist", "name": "13 Persons Quotes By Sydney J. 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