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
Sydney J. Harris quotes about
philosophy power-politics doctrine
Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.
knowledge brain
Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
acceptance tolerance assuming
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
ignorance dangerous
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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.
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.
perseverance wall talent
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
somebody tempted
When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'
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.