Bernard Berenson Quotes

I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.

I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

He's a great kid. He hates the same way I do.

A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

I don't hate people.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

I now see that I never needed to be so mean or cruel.

I dislike hatred, offence, unkindness.

You need not search for the compassionate mind from outside. To know yourself, to know your nature, your mind will automatically be the compassionate one.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himself— that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be loved— what then?

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. Or maybe I don't have the guts to admit that I do.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'