The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals. — 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… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The paradox of friendship is that it is both the strongest thing in the world and the most fragile. Wild horses cannot… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate,… — 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
More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues.… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is… — 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
