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Sydney J. Harris has 137 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in…
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Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I…
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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark…
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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
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Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend…
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Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
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People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
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If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."
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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely…
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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
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The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.
— Annie Besant
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If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also…
— Carl Jung
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Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for…
— Ronald Reagan
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The wrong that rouses our angry passions finds only a medium in us; it passes through us like a vibration, and we…
— George Eliot
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In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to…
— Carol Tavris
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Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them…
— Atul Gawande
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The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems…
— Desmond Tutu
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of…
— Sydney J. Harris
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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The weight of the world is on our shoulders, its vision is through our eyes; if we blink or look aside, or…
— Virginia Woolf
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