When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our unalienable rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, he had a very specific definition of happiness in mind.

Without any further ado, let’s unpack the ever-elusive pursuit of happiness. Emotion may be considered the prime indicator of humanity, but the consequences of such a powerful concept must be ...

The Declaration of Independence’s most famous line, penned by Thomas Jefferson, that Americans had an unalienable right to “the pursuit of happiness,” helps distinguish America from other ...

But what qualifies as true happiness? A life partner, kids, family, friends, a job, money, these are all the things that make us happy, right? But actually, the pursuit of happiness may be making ...

But it’s love, happiness and contentment that has Beabadoobee really excited… Beabadoobee is encircled by her girlfriends, nervously shifting her feet on the sticky floor of a London bar.

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 a ...

The memoir will recount stories that capture “life lessons, the rager period of my life, and fighting my demons,” he said in the caption, “all the way to the present, where happiness has ...

Learn more. When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our unalienable rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, he had a very specific definition of ...

Each year, self-help books fly off the shelves as Americans clamor to crack the code on happiness once and for all. But new research suggests that we might be going about this whole “pursuit of ...

Bill Firstenberger joins Gail Martin to discuss Jeffrey Rosen's, The Pursuit of Happi What did happiness mean in the 1700's in Massachusetts and Virginia? What does Happiness mean today?