But what qualifies as true happiness? A life partner, kids, family, friends, a job, money, these are all the things that make ...

C.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof" is taken from her most recent book, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in ...

The Declaration of Independence promises the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.At a time when the language and intent of the Constitution are under intense scrutiny, one legal ...

In The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, the National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen examines how the founders ...

Beautiful Georgette Leblanc, an opera singer who claimed to have fallen in love with his poems when she was only 16, placed her heart at his feet. They set up joint housekeeping and a salon ...

Today, he says, “we think of happiness as the pursuit of pleasure. But classical and Enlightenment thinkers defined happiness as the pursuit of virtue—as being good, rather than feeling good.” ...

If we are not careful, a misunderstanding of liberty can cause our pursuit of happiness to be inverted – to pursuing unhappiness instead. The two-sided coin of democracy has rights on one side ...

When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, both 'pursuit' and 'happiness' had secondary definitions that change the meaning of the iconic quote.

Americans across the country celebrated Independence Day — a moment to reflect on the cherished freedoms we hold dear. But in ...

But the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness has never been questioned since it was proclaimed as a new gospel for the New World.

News Teach kids why we get to pursue happiness The Founding Fathers writings can be found in your local library or buy a copy to add to your own library.