“You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.” IdeasPastTurnsHappenedBenefits Book:Zen and the Art of Happiness Source: Zen and the Art of Happiness
“I always assumed that at some point I would have to quit making jokes, get a real job and do something meaningful and productive that would actually benefit society. Fortunately this never happened.” RealJobsHappenedBenefitsJokesQuittingMeaningfulProductiveReal Jobs Author:Dave Barry
“To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).” WantDoeHas BeensShowsAgePastHappenedJudgingOfficeBenefitsAspire Author:Leopold von Ranke
“When you have been insulted, cursed, or persecuted by someone, do not think of what has happened to you, but of what will come from it, and you will see that your insulter has become the cause of many benefits to you, not only in this age, but in that which is to come.” ThinkingInspirationalHas BeensAgeChristianCausesReligiousHappenedBenefitsOrthodoxCursedPersecutedInsulted Author:Marcus Eremita
“We draw many benefits from globalization that people take for granted. Poverty has been reduced massively around the world. If you look at the Chinese numbers, it is quite mind-boggling: 700 million people taken out of poverty in a matter of 40 years, the poverty rate having moved from over 30 per cent from hardly six per cent now. That would not have happened if there had not been globalization.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsMindLooksHas BeensMatterNumbersPovertyMillionsTakenHappenedSixBenefitsDrawsMovedRateAround The WorldGrantedChineseCentsGlobalizationMind Boggling Author:Christine Lagarde
“By construction, the world of big data is siloed and segmented and segregated so that successful people, like myself - technologists, well-educated white people, for the most part - benefit from big data, and it's the people on the other side of the economic spectrum, especially people of color, who suffer from it. They suffer from it individually, at different times, at different moments. They never get a clear explanation of what actually happened to them because all these scores are secret and sometimes they don't even know they're being scored.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsDifferentSometimesMomentsBigsSufferingSidesWhiteSecretSuccessfulClearHappenedEconomicColorBenefitsEducatedDataExplanationScoreConstructionSuccessful PeopleSpectrumDifferent TimesWell Educated Author:Cathy O'Neil
“Actually, not because of anyone's intention but just because of some sociological and some other things that have happened over 25, 30 years, the parties have sorted themselves out much more ideologically, which has some benefits and some costs.” YearsPartyHappenedCostBenefitsIntentionSociological Author:William Kristol
“What happened? Did a house fall on your sister?" I asked. Maybe there was a benefit to our language barrier. She pursed her lips. "You can't stay here much longer," she said. My mouth dropped open. "You...you speak English?" She snorted. "Of course.” SaidFallCoursesHouseSpeakLanguageHappenedBenefitsMouthsLipsBarriersSpeak EnglishLanguage Barriers Book:Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel Source: Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel