#us

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#being #being happy #decide #diminish #each

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#found #i #just #test #ways

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#made #shade #talents #use #were

If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past. ↗

— John Hope Franklin

#cannot #house #must #order #past

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#eternity #itself #mantelpiece #meaning #mind

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror. ↗

— George Wald

#nothing #nuclear #nuclear weapons #offer #still

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night. ↗

— Michael Franti

#change the world #difficult #help #i #know

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#doing #find #hard #i #into

Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#australians #challenge #chance #day #eve