“Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.” — ARISTOTLE Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue...[ read more ]
“Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #7 - Sincerity Have you ever told a lie?...[ read more ]
“Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #6 - Industry Ben Franklin was many things, a...[ read more ]
“Make no expense but to do good for others or yourself; i.e. waste nothing.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #5 - Frugality Our consumerist society wants us to...[ read more ]
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #4 - Resolution Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution?...[ read more ]
“Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #3 - Order Almost 300 years have...[ read more ]
“Though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We all want “the good life,” but what does it take to have...[ read more ]
“Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our new Weekly Series explores improving your life through character growth and a new habit of practicing virtues. To read about why we are exploring virtue, click here. Practicing The Good Life With Ben Franklin Virtue #2 - Silence Today, we are often pressed for time, stressed,...[ read more ]
“Eat not to dullness, drink not to excess.” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Have you ever noticed that the first few bites of a delicious meal are the best? After an entire course you become accustomed to the taste, and while the food is still savory, it lacks that initial sensation of the first bite or sip. Today, many of us are...[ read more ]
““If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” ”We must be aware of the gap that stands between us and our potential, and let the tension of that gap motivate us to keep striving to become better.”” — ABRAHAM MASLOW I love this quote...[ read more ]