The pursuit of happiness

From an article in The Atlantic on a group of Harvard undergrads that have been studied since 1937:

In an interview in the March 2008 newsletter to the Grant Study subjects, Vaillant was asked, “What have you learned from the Grant Study men?” Vaillant’s response: “That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”

Also worth noting is that "By age 50, almost a third of the men had at one time or another met Vaillant’s criteria for mental illness."

PS. Another interesting quote, from former NBA head coach Chuck Daly, who collected blue suits:

As for his interest in clothing, he said: “This is not a game where you upstage the players. This is a business like any other business. You get bored. I get bored. You do something for fun.”