Sydney J. Harris ( 10 of 13 )
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more
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 Ôinformation' and Ôcommunication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; read more
The two words Ôinformation' and Ôcommunication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet read more
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
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".
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that read more
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think read more
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
