"Why do so many people yearn for an……" — Sydney J. Harris
"Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this brief one?"
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141 Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris has 141 quotes on this site.
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently…
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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…
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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on…
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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…
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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…
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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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In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.
— Theodor Adorno
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Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used…
— Naomi Campbell
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As a father, physician and nurse, I have a special place in my heart for children, and I know the…
— Richard Carmona
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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine…
— Juvenal
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It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation,…
— George Julius Poulett Scrope
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You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly…
— Sean Faircloth
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All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our…
— Jens Jensen
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We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to…
— Susan Faludi
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Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to…
— Ken Wilber
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