Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
Widely quoted as an Addison maxim this is actually by the American clergyman George Washington Burnap (1802-1859), published in Burnap's The Sphere and Duties of Woman : A Course of Lectures (1848), Lecture IV.
Misattributed
“Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Source: Hiss of Death
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“The grand essentials of life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for”
Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) Scottish mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland
actually a quote from The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures by George Washington Burnap (1848) (p.99 Lecture IV)
Misattributed
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
"The Land of Love", p. 172
Awareness (1992)
Context: Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and the darkness will disappear. Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you.
“There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.”
Shmuley Boteach (1966) American Orthodox rabbi and writer
