Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.

Quote by Bernard Berenson

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All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the...

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and...

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and...

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on...

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on...

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked...

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people...

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people...

The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less...

The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less...

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in...

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself...

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...