Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
Sydney J. HarrisThose obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.
Sydney J. HarrisHistory repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.
Sydney J. HarrisIt's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.
Sydney J. HarrisA winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.
Sydney J. Harris