Bernard Berenson Famous Quotes & Sayings

He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave enthusiasm of men who had never dreamed of anything very definite, and it occurred to him through the reek of his person that there was only one hope for him, and for all people who had lost, through intelligence, the hope of immortality. "We must love and delight in each other and in ourselves!" he cried. — Edward Lewis Wallant

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now. — Geezer Butler

The summer colours have been drained from their bodies, and they've grown pale and flabby again. — Audur Ava Olafsdottir

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. — Victor Hugo

When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? — Chinua Achebe

I can't," I said. "I've got to study." "We've all got to study," Zara said. "But it's Christmas. The Drome will be all decorated and everybody will be there." "Exactly, which means the light rail will be packed and security will take forever. — George R R Martin

I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have. — Fergus Henderson

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech. — Maynard James Keenan

I feel for all faiths the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest urchin in the streets. — Will Durant

But Steve will die if I do that!" I cried.
"Yes," he agreed. "It is your assistance or his life."
"That's not much of a choice," I grumbled.
"No," he admitted, "it is not. But it is the only one I offer. — Darren Shan

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. — Richard Thompson

But the remembering is imperfect; the instructions for which neurons need to be gathered and how exactly they need to fire are weak and degraded, leading to a representation that is only a dim and often inaccurate copy of the real experience. Memory is fiction. It may present itself to us as fact, but it is highly susceptible to distortion. Memory is not just replaying, but a rewriting. — Daniel J. Levitin

This passenger was wondering why he had stolen a big grey suitcase on four wheels. Was it because he could and because the owner was a lout, or because the suitcase might contain a pair of shoes and even a hat? Or was it because the old man didn't have anything to lose? Allan really couldn't say why he did it. When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties, he thought, and he made himself comfortable in the seat.
So far, Allan was satisfied with the way the day had developed. Then he closed his eyes for his afternoon nap. — Jonas Jonasson

His love was like the liberal air, embracing all, to cheer and bless. — William Wordsworth

When generalizations turn into painful cultural stereotypes and biases, those biased narratives disrupt our ability to see each event as individual, which interrupts our ability to intelligently and compassionately respond to what's happening now. In many cases, our generalizations cause real harm, like somebody shooting a person who looks "suspicious" because he fits a racial profile. Generalization is what leads to oppression. Deconstructing our generalizations is the only way to overcome bias. This is where studying emptiness is intended to lead us - toward the cessation of prejudice. — Ethan Nichtern