You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.
Albert Schweitzer · From his philosophy of civilization, written in Africa during the First World War; his answer to anyone who thinks happiness is for keeping.
Albert Schweitzer · From his philosophy of civilization, written in Africa during the First World War; his answer to anyone who thinks happiness is for keeping.
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Jack Dawson · Leonardo DiCaprio's artist in Titanic (1997) · Jack whooping to his friend Fabrizio from the bow of the ship as it leaves port; James Cameron repeated the line on stage when he won the Best Director Oscar in 1998.
Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi · Shared everywhere under Gandhi's name, but no speech or writing of his with these words has been found.
Often credited to Nathaniel Hawthorne · Hawthorne never wrote it, and neither did Thoreau, who also gets the credit; the earliest version is an anonymous 1848 newspaper piece in the New Orleans Daily Crescent, signed only "L."
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