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Skepticism is not an end in itself it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
Sydney J. Harris
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Sydney J. Harris
Age: 69 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 14
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
Journalist
London
England
Sydney Harris
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Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
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Confidence, once lost or betrayed, can never be restored again to the same measure and we learn too late in life that our acts of deception are irrevocable - they may be forgiven, but they cannot be forgotten by their victims.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.
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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
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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'.
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Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a necessary evil, it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.
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Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
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