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.
appreciation deserve
I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.
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.
work ambition men
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
believe nine reason
I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
long age littles
When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
world appearance expensive
Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.
beauty uplifting song
What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.
book giving needs
A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
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.
people goes-on ends
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
people authority
I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.
beautiful mystery-novels world
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.