Benedick Important Quotes & Sayings

Things are either devolving toward, or evolving from, nothingness. As dusk approaches in the hinterlands, a traveler ponders shelter for the night. He notices tall rushes growing everywhere, so he bundles an armful together as they stand in the field, and knots them at the top. Presto, a living grass hut. The next morning, before embarking on another day's journey, he unknots the rushes and presto, the hut de-constructs, disappears, and becomes a virtually indistinguishable part of the larger field of rushes once again. The original wilderness seems to be restored, but minute traces of the shelter remain. A slight twist or bend in a reed here and there. There is also the memory of the hut in the mind of the traveler - and in the mind of the reader reading this description. Wabi-sabi, in its purest, most idealized form, is precisely about these delicate traces, this faint evidence, at the borders of nothingness. — Leonard Koren

A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more where evil is to be found. — Carl Jung

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values. — Jose Mujica

[He] should come to the knowledge of the step, as a step taken, and not in the balance of suspense and doubt. — Charles Dickens

wild discipline by a dozen red-shirted men. The remaining half of the black-armored Arsiyah dismounted to confront the barred gate. They could not know, as Zelikman saw plainly from the top of the rise, that the Rus had abandoned, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say they — Michael Chabon

Real-life teens wish they could live like the teens Hollywood promotes. Everyone has sex, and relationships are deep and meaningful, even if they only last a couple episodes. There are never any consequences to any action, except for experiencing the angst of teenage life alongside the characters. When a generation becomes desensitized to the ramifications of the culture around them, it's natural to seek out any sort of feeling, even angst. — Ben Shapiro

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. — Taslima Nasrin

To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return. — Choi Hong Hi

For those whose faith has faded, the reasons may be real to them, but these reasons do not change the reality of what Joseph Smith restored. — James E. Faust

Don't write like your mentors — Bernard Kelvin Clive

Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the reality and immortality of things, and the excellence of things; Something there is in the float of the sight of things that provokes it out of the soul. — Walt Whitman

Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark. — John Bright

Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can. — Fergus McCann

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil. — Amit Abraham

The world is only as small as we see it, my lady. Imagination knows no limits. — C.W. Gortner