Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords. less than 1 minute read
I love being on stage. I’m completely, totally relaxed. It’s the only time in my life when I know where I am and what’s coming next. The other Robert Powell is probably fairly melancholic. Let’s just say happiness isn’t my default position. There are dark parts. I’m very good at it. I frighten people sometimes. less than 1 minute read
And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness. less than 1 minute read
We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness - not disaster - to human beings. less than 1 minute read
The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn’t think he could do. less than 1 minute read
The last part, the part you’re now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. less than 1 minute read
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle’s Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. less than 1 minute read
