Sydney J. Harris

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

— Sydney J. Harris

#life

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. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#personal-growth #love

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

— Sydney J. Harris

#begin #danger #like #men #real

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

— Sydney J. Harris

#into #mirrors #purpose #turn #whole

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. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#better #dilemma #get #hate #love

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

— Sydney J. Harris

#regret #tempered #things #time

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. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#activity #almost #any #automatically #believes

Happiness is a direction, not a place. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#direction #place

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#assume #boasting #egotism #form #intolerance

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#about #angry #does #indicate #make