“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...” — Sydney J. Harris Quote

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”

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

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

“Happiness is a direction, not a place.”

“Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'”

“The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.”

“GOD CAN CHANGE CATERPILLARS INTO BUTTERFLIES,”

“The past is marble. It's unmovable, and the you from then is no more than a statue—a likeness of you that looks like you but is not you.”

“To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who entered the meat grinder itself the war was a netherworld of horror from which escape seemed less and less likely as casualties mounted and the fighting dragged on and on. Time had no meaning, life had no meaning. The fierce struggle for survival in the abyss of Peleliu had eroded the veneer of civilization and made savages of us all.”

“Dreams aligned with your purpose in life are quite pivotal, and the wisdom to know which dreams to pursue in life is fundamental. Otherwise, you may end up wasting your time on things that are trivial.”

“Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.”

“O Space and Time and stars at strife,”