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Sydney J. Harris Quotes: We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.
         

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.


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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.



History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.



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'.

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'.



There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.



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

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



The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.





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I fear I have praised you too much too soon. Will I lose you in your shame of believing that you can never be what I think you are?



The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.



I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.

I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.



O thou, whose days are yet all spring, Faith, blighted once, is past retrieving; Experience is a dumb, dead thing; The victory's in believing.

O thou, whose days are yet all spring, Faith, blighted once, is past retrieving; Experience is a dumb, dead thing; The victory's in believing.



Dance is a physical and mental workout. Once you get your body moving, you'll see a difference.

Dance is a physical and mental workout. Once you get your body moving, you'll see a difference.



So many people don't know who's on the State Seal and they don't know, not just in California but the United States of America, things they look at every day and they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that.'

So many people don't know who's on the State Seal and they don't know, not just in California but the United States of America, things they look at every day and they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that.'




Or more precisely, is there anything I can do for you, ma’am? (Waiter) ‘How about a bag for my head, or a stick to beat Lanie with?’ (Grace)

Or more precisely, is there anything I can do for you, ma’am? (Waiter) ‘How about a bag for my head, or a stick to beat Lanie with?’ (Grace)




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