243 Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

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.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

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.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.

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.

Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify.