# The Pursuit of Happiness  ## Metadata - Author:: [[The Pursuit of Happiness]] - Full Title:: The Pursuit of Happiness - Category: #articles - URL: http://www.thepursuitofhappiness.com/pursuit-of-happiness/ ## Highlights > Locke noted that this pursuit is not merely an imaginary quest or a satisfaction of personal desires, but an ability to achieve the greatest good free from any predetermined will or forced action. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hfvz65btc7j67jj3g4fggt30)) > In other words, humanity achieves its peak actualization by living a good life full of positive actions, not by acquiring things to demonstrate one lived “successfully.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hfvz8gjm34jrrcvymczjw8ys))