Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

About Sydney J. Harris:

Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

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Happiness is a direction, not a place.

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Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

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The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

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Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

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When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

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It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with...

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Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone e...

Sydney J. Harris

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

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Author Bio

  • NameSydney J. Harris
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • AliasesSydney Harris
  • BornSeptember 14, 1917
  • DiedDecember 8, 1986
  • ProfessionJournalist