Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harriswas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 September 1917
CountryUnited States of America
somebody tempted
When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'
educational responsibility parenting
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'
money men cases
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
morning quickly stare turn
Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder-and turn quickly to my typewriter.
almost complete knowing life ninety people percent strangers woe
Ninety percent 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.
adulthood childhood line lost passed saying stopped subtle
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it.
forgiveness forgiving loser
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
acceptance tolerance assuming
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
littles facts language
It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --
acceptance endure terrible
If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.
jesus enemy would-be
The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
ignorance dangerous
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
knowledge brain
Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
summer winter keeping-promises
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.