Sydney J. Harris

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

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they…

The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different…

The beauty of ‘spacing’ children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have…

It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward…

Men make counterfeit money in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men…

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place…

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time what…

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in…

Knowledge fills a large brain it merely inflates a small one…

When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared…

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that…

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate…

Happiness is a direction, not a place…

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it…