" Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'

I realized then where the problem lay. My students, and so many of our young people today, want a good life. They love (even if they don't always appreciate) liberty. They all want to be happy. But I realized that day that my class was a microcosm of what is wrong with some any of nation's young people.

What happened to pursuit? We aren't handed happiness. We're given an opportunity to pursue it. "

― Rafe Esquith , There Are No Shortcuts