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
motivational change positive
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
inspirational helping-others people
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
people authority
I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.
doors joy soul
The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.
plato half action
A well begun is half ended.
people goes-on ends
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
work ambition men
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
life writing thinking
Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
overcoming helping sometimes
It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.
life teacher self-esteem
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.
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.
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.
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.
happiness secret labor
Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.