Sydney J. Harris

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined read more

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 others. -Sydney J. Harris.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that read more

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real read more

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.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more

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