“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more ...

The Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen wrote songs about the moral philosophy behind the Founding Fathers’ signature phrase.

Well… it was once helpful. The pursuit of happiness was meant to be helpful. But the American way, as it seems, is to do excess in such a way that we end up in the ...

In honor of America's 238th birthday, we collected the finest aphorisms to come from the Oval Office. They include life lessons from George Washington, leadership advice from Thomas Jefferson, and ...

Tony: You know we’re the only country where the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed in writing? Do you believe that? A bunch of fucking spoiled brats. Where’s my happiness then? Dr. Melfi: It’s the ...

The Declaration of Independence promises “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” But if you’re lucky enough to live in states like Virginia, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, Massachusetts, ...

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” –Helen Keller Money doesn’t buy happiness.

On the Fourth of July, we Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the birth announcement of America to the world. We ponder these immortal words of Thomas Jefferson: “We hold these truths ...