The Way to Happiness Foundation

The root of the problem...
Thankfully there are many fine groups and individuals working earnestly to resolve these and other problems.
These people and groups are truly special and are factually the ones that keep civilization from completely self destructing.
We applaud their efforts.
But there is something basic that is wrong -- a true common denominator -- that causes such problems to exist, causes them to persist and causes new such problems to keep recurring without a final resolution.
We are facing an ethics crisis in our world, from the highest levels of government, business and the media down through every echelon of society.
At the root of violence, crime and an unsafe environment is the lack of basic moral and ethical values. When the youth are not taught what is right and what is wrong (in a way that makes sense and that they can understand), then society becomes a dangerous place to live, work or play for all.

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A foundation for civilization and civilized behaviorWill Durant, Pulitzer Prize winning author and philosopher, wrote that:
"... civilization is not something inborn or imperishable; it must be acquired anew by every generation. Man differs from the beast only by education, which may be defined as the technique of transmitting civilization... Through church, or family, or school, or otherwise, there must be a unifying moral code." -- Will Durant

Many other great thinkers have also recognized the relationship between human virtue and a successful society.

"If we are to reach real peace in this world ... we shall have to begin with the children." — Mohandas Gandhi, 20th-century Indian nonviolent civil rights leader
"To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice." — Confucius (K'ung-Fu-tzu), Chinese philosopher (551-479 B.C.)
“Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader (1929-1968)
“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.” — Bertrand Russell, British mathematician and philosopher (1872-1970
"A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society." -- Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century American Founding Father, early 19th-century U.S. president (letter to George Hammond, 1792)
"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." — Theodore Roosevelt, American adventurer and president (1858-1919)
“Society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” — John Adams, American Founding Father and second U.S. president (1735-1826)
"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it." — Proverbs, 22:6
“The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.'' — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher
“Life is the sum of your choices.” — Albert Camus, French "existentialist" novelist (1913-1960

The Way to Happiness book -- A Simple, Straightforward & Direct Guide to GOOD CHOICES
The Way to Happiness book has amazing success in helping both children and adults to better understand how their own happiness, and the happiness of those around them, depends on the application of sound principles of conduct such as honesty, integrity, tolerance and competence.