
“… happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release…”
Manders, Act I
Ghosts (1881)
“… happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release…”
“I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”
“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
“He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.”
Source: Titus Groan (1946), Chapter 2 “The Great Kitchen” (p. 18)
Context: It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.
“Tis not possessions that bring happiness.”
La roba non fa mai l' uomo beato.
Act IV, scene vi
Timone (c. 1487)