
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
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
“The grand essentials of life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for”
actually a quote from The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures by George Washington Burnap (1848) (p.99 Lecture IV)
Misattributed
“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
“Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”
Source: Hiss of Death
"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.
Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Ten, The Transformation of Values and Vocation, p. 323
“Love isn’t something you have, it’s something you do.”
“In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.”
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running