India, May 12 -- The American writer and humorist Leo Calvin Rosten said: "I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be 'happy.' I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honourable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have it make some difference that you lived at all."

The book Moral Ambition by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman is an inspirational work. It has multiple stories of people with courage and conviction who made a difference to the world. It is the will to devote life to the great challenges of our time, a longing to make a difference, and to build a legacy that truly matters. The narrative in this article is based on his highly motivating boo...