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Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist renowned for his wit and incisive commentary. Born on September 14, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, he passed away on December 8, 1986. Harris was a prominent figure in journalism, particularly for his newspaper columns.

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“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.”

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“Ninety per cent 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 - so how can we know anyone else?”

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“At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.”

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Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.”

Way Ideas Sometimes Practice

Book:For the Time Being

Source: For the Time Being

“Christianity is not a "spiritual" religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely "practical" religion, having its moral roots in the practicality of judaism. It was not designed to change the way men think or believe as much as to change the way they act.”

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Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause. Good deeds are, in a deeper psychological way, a favor to oneself. If this is not grasped, then our whole sense of personal relationships becomes warped.”

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Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.”

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Book:Leaving the Surface

Source: Leaving the Surface

About the Author

Born: September 14, 1917
Died: December 8, 1986
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 170

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