A. C. Benson
A. C. Benson
Arthur Christopher Bensonwas an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 April 1862
inspirational paper way
It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.
change needs painful
Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.
reading reality world
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
appreciation deserve
I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.
people mind dawn
There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.
disappointment may sitting
I never enter a new company without the hope that I may discover a friend, perhaps the friend, sitting there with an expectant smile. That hope survives a thousand disappointments.
happiness people unhappy
I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
happiness secret labor
Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.
work essence labor
Congenial labor is essence of happiness.
real real-life may
The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.
sticks jam pot
Do you know the times when one seems to stick fast in circumstances like the fly in the jam-pot? It can't be helped, and I suppose the best thing to do is to lay in a good store of jam!
simple talking letters
The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.
long age littles
When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
best british-author interests stories
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.