Bernard Berenson Quotes
I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it.Bernard Berenson
Quotes to Explore
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
Patrick deWitt -
My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
Dana Goodyear -
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler -
If you desire ease, forsake learning.
Nagarjuna -
Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
Saint Ambrose -
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
Oliver Goldsmith -
The Make in India campaign has taken off and is backed with skill development. It is going to open new vistas for employment for the youth.
Narendra Modi -
I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.
Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine -
I like to make music because it's fun to do and it makes me feel good, but I have no desire to be a huge pop singer or anything like that. I just like to make it.
Zoe Kravitz -
The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
Immanuel Kant
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A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think this affected many of the scientists in a subtle sense, and it diminished their desire to continue to work on the bomb.
Leo Szilard -
I have always believed that freedom of information is so vital that only the national security, not the desire of public officials or private citizens, should determine when it must be restricted.
Lyndon B. Johnson -
I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.
Doug Hoffman -
I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.
Bhagat Singh -
My desire is to walk with God every day.
Janine Turner -
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.
Hernan Cortes
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I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.
Craig Thompson -
Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.
Simon Sinek -
You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
Walter Isaacson -
Imagine if your business burned down and you had to walk across the street and start again, what would you do differently?
Brian Tracy -
I'm interested in light. It's a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach.
James Turrell -
I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it.
Bernard Berenson