1.
Knowledge is not what is memorised.
Knowledge is what benefits.
Al-Shafi‘i
Understanding is not what is retained. Understanding is what yields advantage.
2.
One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.
Fidel Castro
The revolution has yielded a remarkable dividend wherein even courtesans possess college degrees.
3.
Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts up with them gains the benefits, but also the trouble. As the saying goes, there's no honey without bees.
Niccolo Machiavelli
4.
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
Jonathan Edwards
Pursue enlightenment not primarily for the purpose of gaining admiration and to argue with others; but endeavor it for the wellbeing of your being.
5.
Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
Ibn Taymiyyah
Whatever is not sanctioned by the divine will not be realized, and what is not done for the glory of God will not yield any rewards or permanence.
6.
Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment
David Attenborough
'Instead of manipulating the natural world to suit the needs of society, perhaps we should restrain people's activities to guarantee the preservation of our surroundings.'
7.
Having come into contact with a civilization which has over-emphasized the freedom of the individual, we are in fact faced with one of the big problems of Africa in the modern world. Our problem is just this: how to get the benefits of European society - benefits that have been brought about by an organization based upon the individual - and yet retain African's own structure of society in which the individual is a member of a kind of fellowship.
Julius Nyerere
8.
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit
Paramahansa Yogananda
No individual is allowed to perform unless the director has deliberately chosen them to enrich our experience.
9.
Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others.
S. N. Goenka
Unearth internal tranquility and accord, and this will intuitively be shared to aid others.
10.
Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.
Joseph Pilates
Focus intently on the proper form when exercising, otherwise you risk not reaping the full benefits of their effectiveness.
11.
The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.
Seymour Papert
The travesty of education is that every time knowledge is imparted, a [pupil] loses the joy and advantage of uncovering it.
12.
A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others.
Zaha Hadid
A masterful creation will always be enriched by the contributions of others.
13.
Deaths have benefits. They can fertilise the ground.
Mao Zedong
Demises have advantages. They can invigorate the soil.
14.
Today's smart marketers don't sell products; they sell benefit packages. They don't sell purchase value only; they sell use value.
Philip Kotler
Today's savvy marketers don't sell items; they offer advantage bundles. They don't just provide monetary worth; they provide utility value.
15.
You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.
Madam C. J. Walker
I could be credited as the originator who encouraged others to become conscious of their obligation to aid deserving causes for the advancement of humanity.
16.
We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries...I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
17.
When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.
Kofi Annan
When women flourish, all of civilization flourishes, and future generations are provided a more advantageous beginning in life.
18.
The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.
Herbert Spencer
19.
No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace.
Han Fei
20.
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
Dorothy Height
23.
Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.
Andrew Jackson
24.
INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
Ambrose Bierce
25.
The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
R. C. Sproul
26.
Sell the benefit, not your company or the product. People buy results, not features.
Jay Abraham
27.
As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.
Matt Blunt
28.
Globalisation, which benefits only multi-national companies and takes away all sense of local or national pride and identity, is the biggest threat facing all the member states of the EU.
Steve Blake
29.
Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards
Judith Martin
30.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Harvey Mackay
31.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
32.
One of the benefits of being a mature well-educated woman is that you're not afraid of expletives. And you have no fear to put a fool in his place. That's the power of language and experience. You can learn a lot from Shakespeare.
Judi Dench
33.
The long-term benefit of homeopathy to the patient is that it not only alleviates the presenting symptoms but it reestablishes internal order at the deepest levels and thereby provides a lasting cure.
George Vithoulkas
34.
Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends on it.
Joseph Pilates
35.
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.
Robert Reich
36.
A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert A. Heinlein
37.
In time, and as one comes to benefit from experience, one learns that things will turn out neither as well as one hoped nor as badly as one feared.
Jerome Bruner
38.
A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.
Dalai Lama
39.
Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.
William Pollard
40.
We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.
Dalai Lama
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There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you, and you are he; then is a teaching; and by no unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever lose the benefit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in scattering them abroad generously with joy and magnanimity, not reluctantly or under compulsion.
Symeon the New Theologian
44.
One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.
Barbara Jordan
45.
With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided
Eason Jordan
46.
Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
Haldan Keffer Hartline
47.
All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.
Ron Paul
48.
A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.
Orrin Woodward
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We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.
Clement of Alexandria
50.
Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits.
Yehudi Menuhin