By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions. — 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
The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another.… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants… — 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,… — 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
Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share
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
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
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
“...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
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
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
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
“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share
“Like all persecuted minority groups, they strike back by forming cabals, by “taking over” certain spheres of activity (in the arts, for instance), and… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share
