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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

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.
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Believe Optimistic Positive
[Describing his house:] It is a library with living rooms attached.
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House Library Rooms
The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.
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Art Helping Justification
The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.
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Average Country Feel Oppressing
Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity.
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Humanity Literature Writing
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her.
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Appear Believe Fear Mary Prayer
Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.
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Government Long Taxation
Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.
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Appetite Satisfied Taste
You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.
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Caricature Doe Fun Parody
I am only a picture-taster, the way others are wine-or tea-tasters.
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Taster Tea Way Wine
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
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Carpe Die Hands Time
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.
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Aging Die May Self
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
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Comparison History Truth
From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament… the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.
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Childhood Dream Fatherhood
Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique – without which however it cannot exist at all.
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Art Instrument Mind Technique
Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship. What makes enemies of people, if not the eagerness, the passion for the same thing?
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Enemy Greater Interest Passion People

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

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