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george lucas:
And it's not something you start doing when you've made it; it's when you're at the very lowest level and you're struggling. When we were in film school, we were all very, very poor. We all needed jobs desperately. And if one of us couldn't get a particular job, we'd send another friend in on the interview, because we were hoping that one of us would get it. So you do it right from the very beginning. You can start every single day with helping your brother or sister, or helping your peers at school, or helping in the community. But it's not just a kind of public service thing. It's a way of life.
Then you realize how great it is, and that, by helping others, you'll achieve more. It's much more logical and intelligent to help others get to the level where everyone else is, rather than criticizing, or making fun, so that everybody can move on. And if you do that all the time, it helps you personally. But it's a good business decision -- let's put it that way. The ultimate thing is that you feel better about yourself, and you're a happier person.
If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people. Because there's nothing else that will make you happier.
You can be as rich, and famous, and powerful as you want to be, and it will not bring you happiness.
It's such a cliché that it hardly needs to be said, but people don't understand that it's actually true. You can find people who are rich, powerful and famous, and they aren't happy. And you can find people who have discovered the fact that it's really helping people, it's really being compassionate toward other human beings that makes you happy, that gives you a spiritual fulfillment -- a kind of fulfillment that goes way beyond anything you can buy. This is a 5,000 year old idea, and every prophet, every intelligent, rational, successful person has said it. It's a very simple idea, and the most important part of it is -- it's true.
