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
compassion justice judging
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
graduation education wall
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
educational creative taught
The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.
educational dark mirrors
Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
teacher may wince
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.
enemy lovers time-love
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
best-love believe partners
Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.
helping-others people faults
People who won't help others in trouble "because they got into trouble through their own fault" would probably not throw a lifeline to a drowning person until they learned whether that person fell in through his or her own fault or not.
time world care
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
maturity feelings feels
Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
forgiveness sacrifice forgiving
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love -- takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.
integrity evil looks
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.
attitude hate shadow
Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
couple divorce should-have
Many married couples separate because they quarrel incessantly, but just as many separate because they were never honest enough or courageous enough to quarrel when they should have.