Bernard Berenson Quotes

American - Historian | June 26, 1865 - October 6, 1959

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Bernard Berenson

BelieveMiraclesHappenWhoThose

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

Bernard Berenson

LifeMeFaultsQualitiesHatedEven

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

Bernard Berenson

BeautyAppreciationEverythingMental

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

Bernard Berenson

TodayConsistencyYearYouIgnorant

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

Bernard Berenson

HatPeopleMeBusyStandHand

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

Bernard Berenson

TruthSearchChooseBetweenSecond

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

Bernard Berenson

TrainingGeniusReactionAgainst

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

Bernard Berenson

HopeYoungCryAlwaysDespairBoast

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

Bernard Berenson

FreeFeelOthersAverageSeemHe

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

Bernard Berenson

FunUniverseYouTurnAnythingMake

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

Bernard Berenson

LifeEndingSelfDieLeftMay

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

Bernard Berenson

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