243 Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

A winner rebukes and forgives. A loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Hockey's the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

The best thing you can give children, next to good habits,are good memories.

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.

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

A winner rebukes and forgives a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Terrorism is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; war is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

The most important tactic in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.

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