A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way. Sydney J. Harris More Quotes by Sydney J. Harris More Quotes From Sydney J. Harris Isolation always perverts; when a man lives only among his own sort, he soon begins to believe that his sort are the best sort. This attitude breeds both the arrogance of the conservative and the bitterness of the radical. Sydney J. Harris attitude men believe The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught. Sydney J. Harris taught educational creative 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. Sydney J. Harris care time world The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself. Sydney J. Harris loner solitude may 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 congratulations marriage anniversary Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. Sydney J. Harris unique men war Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat. Sydney J. Harris coats men looks The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. Sydney J. Harris mistake lying children Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. Sydney J. Harris dangerous ignorance Between the semi-educated, who offer simplistic answers to complex questions, and the overeducated, who offer complicated answers to simple questions, it is a wonder that any questions get satisfactorily answered at all. Sydney J. Harris simple answers wonder When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us. Sydney J. Harris pain may running Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. Sydney J. Harris cases money men There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself. Sydney J. Harris atrocities warfare greater As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress. Sydney J. Harris progress car average Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about. Sydney J. Harris feelings order people Norbert Blei is a writer the way people used to be troubadours and minstrels, celebrating what he has seen and heart and felt in a deceptively simple style reminiscent of the early Sherwood Anderson. . . . Like Anderson, he is a lover, and his affection invests his writing with a singular charm. Sydney J. Harris simple heart writing Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better. Sydney J. Harris sin hypocrisy thinking Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos. Sydney J. Harris liberty law order Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself. Sydney J. Harris healthy care firsts Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the "right answer" more important than the quest for knowledge and good judgment. For what is not learned within one's self cannot be learned from another. Sydney J. Harris mistake teacher children
