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“I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.”
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“It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death. He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything; then he knows that world which is real.”
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“Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.”
Source : Bernard Berenson (1968). “Venetian and North Italian Schools”
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“Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is a mark of virtue. Pain becomes the inignia of morality - and conversely, pleasure becomes the insignia of immorality. Christianity, therefore, does not say, "Go forth and be miserable." Rather, it says, "Go forth and practice the virtue of self-sacrifice." In practical terms, these commands are identical.”
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“With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself.”
Source : "Alex Prager Predicts Disaster". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 29, 2012. 
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“Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia”
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“As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.”
Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2008). “The Historian”, Little, Brown
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“We wanted to touch them with our action.”
Source : "John Tesh and Family Comfort Sri Lankan Victims". "The 700 Club" with Gordon Roberts, www.cbn.com.
