Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.
Bernard BerensonA complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.
Bernard BerensonI would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
Bernard BerensonI would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passerby to drop their unused minutes into it.
Bernard BerensonPsychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.
Bernard Berenson